JATROPHA URENS.
Jatropha urens. (The most poisonous plant known.)
Natural order
, Euphorbiaceæ.
Authority.
Kew Gardens Quarterly Rev.,
Dec. 1851 (Am. J. Med. Sci., N. S., 23, 1852), Mr Smith in reaching over
the plant touched his wrist against the fine bristly stings.►
Numbness and swelling of the lips. ► The action of the poison was on the
heart; circulation was stopped, and Mr. Smith soon fell unconscious; the
last thing he remembered being cries of “Run for the doctor.”® 2000
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