Poisoning by Strychinos Nux Vomica
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IjOHAKNO, jih adult male, was brought to the dispensary, Aska, at 7-30 a.m., on the 17th February 1889, with the following symptoms: Giddiness of head ; a sensation of swimming of the whole body; feeling of numbness in the trunk and more markedly in the lower extremities ; dryness of throat ; slight injection of the ocular conjunctivae; heaviness of head ; occasional backward jerking of the head, sometimes developing into a flying fit of opisthotonos while or in the point of taking medicines; conscious-
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