ISONOUS PLANTSOF ALL COUNTRIESA BERNHA, RD-^SMITHpm plnrarg®ije ^, p,OKIQOB45?STftTEUNlVLRbliaibJf^^L3NORTHIII" '•ill II I'll -^all , IU79560S021iliiiWLMTThisbook isdue on the date indicatedbelow and is subject to an overduetine as posted at the circulation desk.EXCEPTION: Date due will beearlier ifthisitem isRECALLED.200M/09-98-981815POISONOUS PLANTSOF ALL COUNTRIESBYa: bernhard-smithinI.ATE HOUSE-SURGEON TO LORD LISTER, KLN'g's COLLEGE HOSPITAL, LONDONGRADUATE OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE, PARIS UNIVERSITY;DIPLOMATS OF THE SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES, LONDON;MEMBER OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION;SURGEON TO THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.SECOND EDITIONLONDONBAILLIERE, TINDALL & COXSTREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 28, HENRIETTA1923PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN;PREFACEIn publishing the present work I have to acknowledge myMr. Millerindebtedness to W. for the many names I have"his Dictionary of the English "culled from Names of Plantsto the curators of the Natural Historyalso Museum, and theBotanical Gardens at Kew, Penang, and Colombo, for theirin affording me opportunities for study.courtesyI have been criticised, regarding a former work, for notnaming the toxins of many of the plants. When thesepossibly a revised classifi-principles have been identified, andshall be in a position to makecationmade by the Botanists, Iin a future edition.amendsnumbers correspond toThe plants illustrated, and whosetext, are reduced ...
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I.ATE HOUSE-SURGEON TO LORD LISTER, KLN'g's COLLEGE HOSPITAL, LONDON
GRADUATE OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE, PARIS UNIVERSITY
;
DIPLOMATS OF THE SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES, LONDON
;
MEMBER OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
;
SURGEON TO THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
SECOND EDITION
LONDON
BAILLIERE, TINDALL & COX
STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 28, HENRIETTA
1923PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN;
PREFACE
In publishing the present work I have to acknowledge my
Mr. Millerindebtedness to W. for the many names I have
"his Dictionary of the English "culled from Names of Plants
to the curators of the Natural Historyalso Museum, and the
Botanical Gardens at Kew, Penang, and Colombo, for their
in affording me opportunities for study.courtesy
I have been criticised, regarding a former work, for not
naming the toxins of many of the plants. When these
possibly a revised classifi-principles have been identified, and
shall be in a position to makecationmade by the Botanists, I
in a future edition.amends
numbers correspond toThe plants illustrated, and whose
text, are reduced one-fifth. Thetheir descriptions in the
five hundredand Bacteria are magnifiedMicro-Fungi
diameters.
AUTHOR.THE
London,
January, 1923.
46839INTRODUCTION
principles contained in the plants describedThe poisonous
pages are now known to exist even underin the following
modify their virulence;cultivation, although cultivation may
influence of heat, acids, or anti-and exposure, also, to the
inert.many cases to render the toxinseptics, would seem in
it, appears to beor the iodine contained inSea-water,
and it is an interesting andincompatible to vegetable toxins ;
verybesides being antagonistic tosignificant fact that iodine,
andwill destroy most Micro-Fungimany, of the alkaloids,
disease.Bacteria which cause infectiousthose of the
Carpomycetes, andMicro-Fungi the Pyrenomycetes,Among
power ofhost, which theyhave theOomycetes need a living
Barbery,graminis selects Wheat andselecting—i.e., Puccinia
Buckthorn. Pencilliumcoronata prefers Grass andwhile P.
thrive equally on living or deadand Aspergillus, however, will
organic food-material.
causing Glandersthe microscopic plantThe virulence of
from the horse to man,is increased when grafted{Bacillacece)
artificiallythrives best whenjust as the mistletoe-plant
tree to another.grafted from one species of
from a commonall Bacteria have comeAgain; since
whichultra-microscopic formsassume certainancestor, we
must, for themankind; and wehave become acclimatised to
nature of a ferment,to bem thepresent, suppose these forms
the Bacterium.or enzyme, produced by
or more ofis caused by oneaffection known as DengueThe
will ultimatelyferments. Pellagrathese ultra-microscopic
fungusand not to thedeficiency,prove to be due to vitamin
almostother hand, isSprue, on thePencillium glaucum.— :
INTRODUCTIONVUl
psilosisfungi {Monilia ?),one of the yeastcertainly caused by
fargrowths is stillmalignantcausation of animalbut the
of thelife-historyresearch, however, into theto seek. Further
intestinal-inhabit the human"wild yeasts" known totwelve
definite, results.incidental, if notshould lead totract,
species into arrange thefound impracticableIt has been
effects although,to their poisonous ;botanical order according
themable to classifymore, we shall beno doubt, as we learn
approximately.more
to beas are knownand BacteriaSuch of the Micro-Fungi
Irritants;the head of Specifichere noticed underhurtful are
bepoisoning mustsuitable to each case ofand the treatment
plants,by the largertreatment of poisoningadopted. In the
however, our remedies include
of warm water).the stomach with plentyDiluents (wash out
(especially Mustard).Emetics
i.e., strong Coffee or Tea.Tannin
For Opium poison-Iodine.—Dilute Solution.
ing.
hypoderm. ForDigitalis.—Tinct. B.P. Rxx.Antidotes
Aconite poisoning.
poison-—Nit. gr. hypoderm. InPilocarpine. J.
ing by Deliriants.
Strong Ammonia to nostrils.Alcohol; or
Strychnine.—Sol. B.P. Tl\ii. hjrpoderm.
Atropine.—Gr. hypoderm.J.Stimulants
Current.Faradic
Oxygen Inhalation.
Artificial Respiration.
Opium.— poisoning by Purgatives orIn
Irritants.
^ Inhalation. In poisoningby Con-Sedatives Chloroform
Chloral. vulsives or Irri-
tants.Pot. Brom.
(Castor Oil).Purgatives
Demulcents (Sweet Oil; Raw Eggs).
Rest and Warmth.