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generally less severe than in animals. Respiratory stimulants, such as 

 atropine and strychnine, should be given as antidotes by competent 

 medical authorities. Oil, melted lard, or fat from bacon may be 

 administered to animals by anyone with hopes of saving life, especially 

 if offered when the symptoms are first noted. As a chemical antidote 



Fig. 25. — ]STarrow-leaf 

 laurel (Ealmia angus- 

 tifolia), showing flow- 

 ering branch, one- 

 third natural size. 



Fig. 26.— Great laurel (Rhododendron maximum): 

 a, flowering branch; b, fruiting capsules — both 

 one-third natural size. 



to be tried by physicians in cases of human poisoning, the writer sug- 

 gests the internal use of a 1 per cent alkaline solution of permanganate 

 of potash. 



The broad-leaf laurel is typical in its effects of a half dozen or more 

 native species of the heath family. They are all poisonous in the 

 same way, because they all contain the same toxic substance, andro- 

 medotoxin. Many fatalities are recorded against the following : 



NARROW-LEAF LAUREL. 

 Kalmia angustifolia L. 



Other names: Sheep laurel; lauibkill; sheep poison; lamb laurel; dwarf 

 sheep laurel; small laurel; low laurel; dwarf laurel; wicky. (Fig. 25.) 



Description and habitat. — Like the preceding, but smaller, only 2 to 4 

 feet high, with smaller, thinner, and narrower leaves, aud smaller flow- 



