PASPALISMUS 



Treatment. — Castor oil must be given to remove the poison, and at 

 the same time stimulants must be used to counteract the collapse. 



Prophylaxis. — Bread should not be made with the seeds of Lolium 

 temulentum, 



Paspalismus. 



Paspalismus is an intoxication caused by eating bread made from 

 flour derived in part from the seeds of Paspalum scrobiculatum 

 Linnaeus. 



Fig. i6. — Paspalum scrobiculatum Linn^us. 

 Seeds show separately at the top of the illustration. 



History, — Poisoning by Paspalum scrobiculatum occurs in India, 

 where it was reported as far back as 1879, and probably was known 

 earlier. 



^tiology. — Some authorities doubt the genuineness of this 

 disease, for, as Waddell points out, the symptoms are so like 

 loliismus that it is quite possible that some mistake may be made 

 as to the causation. 



