. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. 60 MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS. Fig. 16d. Garden Poppy {Papaver somniferum'). A poisonous plant produc- ing a large number of alkaloids like morphin, codein, etc., (Strasburger, Noll, Schenck and Schimper). Poisoning from Solanaceae. A number of plants of the Solanaceae are known to be poisonous; among them the common thorn-apple or Jimson weed {Datura Stramonium), the atropa (Atropa Belladonna) and hyoscyamin (Hyoscyamus niger) besid
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. 60 MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS. Fig. 16d. Garden Poppy {Papaver somniferum'). A poisonous plant produc- ing a large number of alkaloids like morphin, codein, etc., (Strasburger, Noll, Schenck and Schimper). Poisoning from Solanaceae. A number of plants of the Solanaceae are known to be poisonous; among them the common thorn-apple or Jimson weed {Datura Stramonium), the atropa (Atropa Belladonna) and hyoscyamin (Hyoscyamus niger) besides such suspected plants as the common black nightshade (Solanum nigrum), horse nettle {Solan- um carolinense), bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara) and scopiola. The cases of poisoning from atropin are more frequent, perhaps, than statistics seem to in- dicate. The English death statistics for ten years, ending 1903, according to Blyth show 95 per cent of the deaths from atropin; 35 per cent were suicidal. Most of the accidental cases arise from mistakes made by the pharmacist or physician. Criminal poisoning is carried on to a less extent in Europe and America than in India. Blyth states that of the 120 cases recorded in works on Indian toxicology no less than 63 per cent were criminals, 19 per cent suicidal, and 18 per cent accidental. The most important alkaloids found are atropin, hyoscyamin, scopalamin and solanin. Solanin is poisonous and is regarded as a nitrogenised glucoside. In man the symptoms of atropin poisoning are: Dilating of the pupils, dryness of the mouth and throat; the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931. Cedar Rapids, Ia. , The Torch Press
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