... poisonous. Care, in studying the na- ture of plants, and banishinjj poisonous ones from our yards and steets might save manv lives. Opium.—Symptoms.—When taken in large quantities, dizziness, tremors, convulsions, ...

... professional work. He traces the affection to a poisonous vegetable by the history and symptoms, but was unable to find the particular plant. A fungus which was found on many plants ...

... cows frequently becomes poisonous presumably on account of poisonous plants being eaten. Such milk renders butter and cheese also harmful, though very rarely produces fatal results. Symptoms.—As a rule, before the full attack mani- ...

... however, frequently in decomposing meat. It is exceedingly poisonous, even ... in a number of plants (hops, ergot, Indian hemp, white mustard, etc.), and ...

... does not prove that the fruit is not poisonous when swallowed. The fruit of R. coriara, a plant listed among the non-dermatitis- producing Rhus, will produce severe poisoning when swallowed (Escafet, 1847). The symptoms of children who had swallowed the seeds were ...

... use of Spanish-fly; foaling; the eating of poisonous plants, or the twigs of young trees; very rank herb- age; swampy pasture; damp weather; occasionally hot days and cold, damp nights; anthrax and other diseases. Symptoms.—Urine red with blood, or has clots of ...

... or dogwood. 122 DISEASES OF THE SKIN. The poisonous principle in these plants is a volatile sub- stance—toxicodendric acid. Fig. 28.—Ivy Poisoning. DERMATITIS MEDICAMENTOSA. 123 Symptoms.—From a few hours to several days after ...

... manner. The presence of Caustic potash in this plant is quite sug- gestive. It throws some light on its poisonous effects. Many of its symptoms and pathological effects resemble those of Causticum and ...

... in appearance. Aethusa cynapium, Fool's Parsley, is another poisonous plant, growing Avild in New England, which has been sometimes, eaten by mistake for parsley. Prostration and loss of power to move are the chief symptoms of its action; the mind being clear of ...

... agreeable fluid. If the insect has sucked any poisonous plants, or the body of an animal that has died from a pestilential disease, or any other putrid matter, and the accident has occurred during a time of extreme heat, the symptoms may become much more serious, similar to those ...