Euphorbia Lathyris

Euphorbia lathyris, Linn.

Natural order , euphorbiaceæ.

Common name , Caper-spurge.

Preparation , Tincture of whole plant.

Authorities.

1 , Bennewitz, A. H. Z., 7, 257, effects of the seeds on two children; 2 , M. Jacob, Am. J. Med. Sc., Jan. 1845, a man was poisoned by the bruised seeds.

EYE

• Brilliant eyes (after five hours), 1.
• Staring look, 1.
• Pupils dilated, with wide-open eyes, 1.

FACE

• Face deadly pale, 1.

STOMACH

• Retching and vomiting, 1.
• Suddenly seized with violent vomiting and bloody stools, 2.

ABDOMEN

• Abdomen drawn inward, 1.

STOOL

• Stools copious, frequent, 1.

PULSE

• Pulse small, irregular, 1.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS. [10.]

• Whole body stiff, icy cold, 1.
• Uneasiness (after five hours), 1.

FEVER

• Skin burning hot (after five hours), 1.
• Glowing hot cheeks (after five hours), 1.

SUPPLEMENT: EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS. Authority.

3 , Journ. de Méd. de Toulouse and Répert. de Pharm., Paris (Pharm. Journ., 2d ser., vol. ii, 1861, p. 435), one man took eighteen seeds, another twenty, and a third took twenty-five.

• A short time after ingestion of the seeds they produced violent purgation, vomiting, frequent diarrhœa, and a general pallidness and coldness spread over the body, 3.