. Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician. Fig. 37.—^Poison Sumac—Rhus vemix. Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Poison Elder, PoisonSumac,* are names given to two varieties of the sumac ?The common Upland Sumac (Rhus glabra), with greenishflowers and purplish, hairy berries, and with beatiful scarlet leavesin autumn is not at all poisonous. The Virginia Creeper (Ampelop-sis quinquetolia) with leaves arranged in clusters of five, and scarletleaves and purple berries in autumn, is not poisonous. 148 -ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES.
. Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician. Fig. 37.—^Poison Sumac—Rhus vemix. Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Poison Elder, PoisonSumac,* are names given to two varieties of the sumac ?The common Upland Sumac (Rhus glabra), with greenishflowers and purplish, hairy berries, and with beatiful scarlet leavesin autumn is not at all poisonous. The Virginia Creeper (Ampelop-sis quinquetolia) with leaves arranged in clusters of five, and scarletleaves and purple berries in autumn, is not poisonous. 148 -ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES. family—one (Rhus vernix) a shrub or small treehaving oval, pointed leaves, arranged in clusters offrom seven to thirteen upon a common leaf-stalk(Fig. 37); and the other (Rhus radicans) a creeping. Fig. 38.—^Poison Ivy—Rhus radicans. or climbing plant having broader leaves, arrangedin clusters of three, and at times slightly notched.(Fig. 38.) Both bear small, berries somewhat like DESCRIPTION OF POISONOUS PLANTS. I49 those of the elder, or the Virginia Creeper, but grayor white, while the latter have dark blue or purpleberries, and the leaves of the Virginia Creeperare in clusters of five. The berries of the rhus arepoisonous; and the whole plant has the power, whentouched or even when approached, of exciting insome persons a very troublesome affection of the skin. Poke-berry (Phytolacca decandra) is a verycommon shrub in North America, growing from fourto eight feet high, with a smooth stem, often of adeep purple color, with greenish-white flowers, andclusters of dark purple berries at the end of delicatestems. The plant is not very poisonous, but maycause dimness of vision and even convulsions. Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a plant aboutthree feet high, with compound
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