DATURA FEROX.
Datura ferox, Linn.
Natural order
, Ranunculaceæ (Chinese Datura, probably the
most poisonous species).
Preparation
, Trituration of the seeds.
Authority.
1, Waitz Prakt.
Beob. üb. Java. Arzum., 1829, a girl ate half an unripe fruit (as large as an acorn) mixed
with her food.►
After a quarter of an hour she was completely out of her
mind, was dizzy, sleepy; at last fell into a sleep, in which the eyes remained more or less
open, and if disturbed she sprang up raving, and uttered unintelligible words; if one sang
she began to dance in the Javanese fashion, [1]. ► Pulse was slow and full, [1].
► Mouth very dry, [1].Buchner’s Toxicologie, 1827, states that if the lips are held for a short
time to a glass rubbed with a leaf, one is made to rave.Gmelin, Reise, etc., state that beer poisoned with the seeds of this
plant causes ravings.® 2000
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