AMPELOPSIS.
Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Michx.
Natural order
, Vitaceæ.
Virginia Creeper or American Ivy.
Mr. Bernay, Pharm. Journ. and Trans., vol vii, 1876, p. 80, two children,
æt. two and a half and five years, chewed the leaves, swallowing the juice.►
They are quickly seized with violent vomiting and purging,
with considerable tenesmus; then collapse, sweating, and faint pulse; followed by deep sleep
for two hours, from which they were aroused by a return of the vomiting and purging. Four
hours after the commencement of the attack there was still considerable dilatation of the
pupil.® 2000
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