Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician . Fig. 32.—Nightshade—Atropa belladonna. A few of these may be described, so that they may beavoided if possible, or—in case of accident—that it may beknown what has done the mischief. * • The treatment ot poisoning by any vegetable mentioned here, but not in the pre-ceding chapter, is the same as that for belladonna. (See Page 100.) io8 ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES Bittersweet, Woody Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) mustnot be confounded with the cultivated plant called bitterswee
Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician . Fig. 32.—Nightshade—Atropa belladonna. A few of these may be described, so that they may beavoided if possible, or—in case of accident—that it may beknown what has done the mischief. * • The treatment ot poisoning by any vegetable mentioned here, but not in the pre-ceding chapter, is the same as that for belladonna. (See Page 100.) io8 ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES Bittersweet, Woody Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) mustnot be confounded with the cultivated plant called woody nightshade is a shrubby, climbing plant, bearing blueor purple flowers, with an orange-colored center, and oval, brightred berries, that are Digitalis. Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna) grows three or fourfeet high, has large, dark green, pointed leaves growing on downystems, with drooping, bell-shaped flowers and blue-black berries(when ripe), marked with a deep furrow. (Fig. 32.) Fools Parsley (^Ethusa cynapium) grows about two feet high,in waste ground, and looks something like ordinary parsley DESCRIPTION or POISONOUS PLANTS 109 (Apium petroselinuin), but has a disagreeable odor. Its leavesare compound and dark green, and its flowers are white. Foxglove (Digitahs) is -a European and Asiatic plant, culti-vated in gardens in various parts of the world. It grows threeor four feet high. It has large, dull-green, downy leaves, and
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