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