Ampelopsis
by Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
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.