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POISONS : THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTION. 
XIII. MUSCARINE AND THE ACTIVE PRINCIPLES OF CERTAIN FUNGI. 
SECTION PAGES 
529. The Amanita mu scar ia —Use of the Fungus as a Stimulant by the 
Natives of Kamchatka ......... 435, 436 
530. Symptoms of Poisoning by the Fungus—Post-mortem Appearances . 436 
531. Muscarine—Properties and Reactions ...... 436, 437 
532. Antagonism between Atropine and Muscarine ..... 437 
533. Detection of Muscarine in the Body ....... 437, 438 
534. The Agaricus phalloides —Phallin—Symptoms in Man . . . 438, 439 
535. Post-mortem Appearances . . ■ . . . . . . . 439 
536. The Agaricus pantherinus —The Agaricus ruber —Ruberine—Agary- 
thine. 439 
537. The Boletus satanas .......... 439 
538. Occasional Toxicity of the Common Morelle ..... 439, 440 
Division II.—Glucosides. 
i. digitalis group. 
539. Description of the Foxglove ........ 440 
540. The Four Glucosides of the Foxglove ....... 440 
541. Digitalein (Gitalin) .......... 440, 441 
542. Digitonin—Digitogenin ......... 441 
543. Digitalin ............ 441 
544. Digitaletin . . . . . . . . . . . .441, 442 
545. Digitoxin ............ 442 
546. Separation of Digitoxin from the Leaves ...... 442, 443 
547. Digitaleretin—Paradigitaletin ........ 443 
548. Other Derivatives .......... 443 
549. Reactions of the Digitalins ........ 443 
550. Pharmaceutical Preparations ........ 444 
551. Fatal Dose ............ 444, 445 
552. Statistics of Digitalis Poisoning ........ 445 
553. Effects on Man ........... 445-448 
554. Physiological Action of the Digitalins ...... 448, 449 
555. Local Action ........... 449 
556. Action on the Heart .......... 449-451 
557. Action of the Digitalins on the Muco-intestinal Tract and other Organs 451 
558. The Action of Digitalin on the Common Blow-fly .... 451 
559. Action of the Digitalins on the Frog’s Heart . . . . .451, 452 
560. Post-mortem Appearances ......... 452 
561. Separation of the Digitalins from Animal Tissues—Physiological Tests 452, 453 
II. other poisonous glucosides acting on the heart. 
1 . Crystallisable Glucosides. 
562. Antiarin (a and /3) . . . . . . . . . 454 
563. Effects ............ 454 
564. Separation of Antiarin ......... 454 
565. The Active Principles of the Hellebores—Helleborin—Helleborein— 
Helleboretin .......... 454, 455 
566. Symptoms of Hellebore Poisoning in the Recorded Cases . . . 455 
567. Euonymin ............ 455 
568. Thevetin ............ 455, 456 
569. Strophantin (g, h, and 1c) —Fromme’s Method of estimating Stroph- 
antin—Pharmaceutical Preparations ...... 456, 457 
570. Scillain ............ 457 
571. Adonidin ............ 457 
572. Oleandrin ............ 457 
573. Neriin or Oleander Digitalin ........ 457 
574. Poisonous Properties and Symptoms ....... 458 
575. The Madagascar Ordeal Poison ........ 458 
