WINE OF COLCHICUM IN FEVERS.

Colchicum Ad Nauseum

A 39-year-old man was admitted to hospital because of vomiting and diarrhoea. He had developed cardiomyopathy of unknown cause a decade earlier that was managed with diuretics and an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor. Two years thereafter, insulindependent diabetes mellitus appeared. His HbA1c was controlled at 7.5%. Two weeks prior to admission, he developed a burning pain in both feet. ...

Fevers in Pregnancy

Fevers in the Tropics

Ihe value of Major Leonard Rogers' great book on Fevers in the Tropics has been quickly recognised find already a second edition lias appeared. This volume which so splendidly represents our knowledge of tropical fevers wiil long remain a monument of the untiring industry and patience of its author. It is dedicated to his brother officers in the Indian Medical Service, whose aid in the work of ...

Biosynthesis of the indole and Colchicum alkaloids.

There has been enormous progress over the past fifteen years or so in our understanding of the ways in which complex natural products are synthesized in living systems. In the field of alkaloids, as elsewhere, research during the initial phase1 pin-pointed those substances which are used as the common building blocks, examples being acetic acid, ornithine and lysine for the reduced systems, and...

Case report: fatal poisoning with Colchicum autumnale

INTRODUCTION Colchicum autumnale, commonly known as the autumn crocus, contains alkaloid colchicine with antimitotic properties. CASE REPORT A 76-year-old man with a history of alcoholic liver disease and renal insufficiency, who mistakenly ingested Colchicum autumnale instead of wild garlic (Aliium ursinum), presented with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea 12 hours after ingestion. On admission ...