Jimson-Weed Intoxication

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THE Jimson weed, Datura stramonium, is an annual herb, growing wild in most parts of the United States. The attractive, small white flowers bloom late in the spring; the spinous capsule, which is its fruit, ripens in early fall (Fig. 1). All parts of the plant (leaves, flower, seeds and roots) contain belladonna alkaloids. The seeds contain chiefly hyoscyamine; atropine, scopolamine and hyoscine are present in varying proportions in the other parts.Ingestion of Jimson weed and the resulting toxic symptoms have been reported throughout the world. Reports in the American literature, however, are sparse. Two cases of stramonium . . .

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