Teenagers with Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) poisoning

Teenagers with Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) poisoning.

We report 2 cases of teenagers who were poisoned with Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) and presented to the emergency department with a severe acute anticholinergic toxidrome after ingestion of several hundred seeds. The patients presented with visual hallucinations, disorientation, incomprehensible and nonsensical speech, and dilated sluggish pupils. Both patients required restraints for combat...

Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) poisoning in childhood.

The Globe Mutant in the Jimson Weed (DATURA STRAMONIUM).

INTRODUCTION. ....... .......................................................... 241 Description of Globes. ............................................................ 242 Inheritance of Globe complex. ..................................................... 248 Inbreeding of Globes.. ............................................................ 251 Occurrence of new Globe mutations.. ...............

Clinical and Pathological Studies of Jimson Weed (datura Stramonium) Poisoning in Horses

A spontaneous intoxication in 34 horses after intake of freshly harvested ensiled maize, accidentally contaminated with young Datura stramonium plants was followed. In a 7-day study, the full clinical status was monitored and this included among others the following: body (rectal) temperature, respiratory and heart rates, colour and humidity of visible mucosae, changes in pupil size, appetite, ...

Poisoning by Datura (Stramonium)— Recovery

partaken of a quantity of datura leaves, prepared in the form of curry, with rice, which he afterwards acknowledged to have voluntarily taken. On admission, he lay perfectly unconscious, with severe spasmodic muscular twitchings and stertorous breathing. Skin cool; pulse about 108?, feeble. Pupils dilated and insensible to the effects of light. The stomach pump was immediately introduced, but d...