Author: C. D. MarshPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266866657
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Excerpt from Lupines as Poisonous Plants As a medicine, lupine seeds have been used since ancient times. Pliny (ed. 1856, p. 452 - 453) enumerates 35 different uses. The main uses, however, seem to have been as a cathartic and as a Vernii fuge. Eor the latter it was used as an external application as well as internally. Bellini (1876) reports in detail cases of poisoning in man from using a decoction of lupine as an enema. He states that Averrhoes' and Hofman pointed out the poisonous properties of the plants, and that Paullus, 1708, reports a case of poisoning of a boy by an enema. The reference to Averrhoes and Hofman could not be verified, as apparently they only mentioned the plants as a vermifuge. The symptoms mentioned by Bellini are dyspnoea, defective sight, dilated pupils, and stupor. These symptoms, as will be Seen later, compare fairly well with those of poisoning by the lupine alkaloids. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.