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Poisoned after Dinner: Dolma with Datura Stramonium

Datura stramonium, which is also known as Thorn Apple or Jimson Weed, is an alkaloid containing plant that is entirely toxic. The active toxic constituents of the plant are atropine, scopolamine and hyoscyamine. It has been abused worldwide for hundreds of years because of its hallucinogenic properties. Previous reports have shown that herbal medication overdose and accidental food contaminatio...

Dinner Speech at the Ceda Vip Dinner Climate Change Mitigation: an Update on Global Initiatives

The recent Climate Summits, in particular Copenhagen in 2009 and Durban in 2011, were at least disappointing. Many negotiators, many heads of state had hoped that they could bring home a more satisfying result. It has turned out that reaching international cooperation is much more complicated and much more time-consuming than many observers anticipated. Pursuing their own interests nation state...

Reunion Dinner

as a success and it has been decided to repeat it this year. The dinner will be in the Criterion Restaurant, Piccadilly Circus, London, W.I., on Saturday, 21st June, 1947, at 7-30 or 8 o'clock. Several Indian psychiatrists, members of the I.A.M.C., are temporarily in London; and this letter may catch the eye of others who propose to be in the U.K. during the summer on holiday or for post-gradua...

Anaphylaxis after home-made quinoa dinner: hold the mustard.

To cite: Cuervo-Pardo L, Gonzalez-Estrada A, Fernandez J. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014208980 DESCRIPTION Food is the most common cause of anaphylaxis. Very few cases of mustard seed-induced anaphylaxis have been reported. We present a case of mustard seed anaphylaxis. A 29-year-old man presented to our department for evaluation of anaphylax...