. Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician. rom 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 leaves made of smallleaflets arranged along a grooved stem; they are darkgreen, and downy on the under side. The flowersare yellow, and they gr
. Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician. rom 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 leaves made of smallleaflets arranged along a grooved stem; they are darkgreen, and downy on the under side. The flowersare yellow, and they grow in small clusters. Theroot is tapering, like that of the cultivated root of the wild parsnip, unlike that of the foodparsnip, has a harsh and bitter taste. Wolfs-bane (Aconitum uncinatum) is a plantabout two feet high, with dark green leaves deeplycleft, and with three or four large purple flowers atthe end of each branch. Mushrooms.—^Poisoning with mushrooms is usu- 150 ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES. ally due to failure to distinguish between those thatare harmless and those that are injurious, from an. Fig. 39.—^Poisonous mushroom, showing death-cup at base of stem, undue reliance upon certain old-fashioned rules that DESCRIPTION OF POISONOUS PLANTS. 151 are not trustworthy. The safest line of conduct is toconsider dangerous all mushrooms that are decayingor infected; all that grow in the woods; all that havewhite giUs under the cap; all that are in the im-mature button-stage; and all that have the followingcharacteristics; 1. A cuplike formation at the base of the stem. (Fig. 39-) 2. A scaly or close-fitting layer at the base of thestem. 3. Loose warts on the cap. 4. A milky juice (unless this is red). 5. Great brittleness, with giUs nearly all of equallength, and the flesh of the cap thin. 6. A honey-comb appearance of the gills, if theflesh tastes bitter, or the mouth of the tubes arered, or the flesh changes color when cut or bruised, 7. A cobwebby veil or
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