Case of Poisoning by Gloriosa Superba
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GLORIOSA SUPERBA. By Hem Chunder Bhuttaciiarjee, M.B. Sub-Assistant Surgeon, Baraitch. GrLOMOSA SUPERBA, a handsome climbing plant of the natural order Lilliaceae, is widely distributed throughout the greater portion of India. In Bengal it is called ugni shiJcha,; in Northern India it is known by the names of Jcureearee and singia. The root is generally used for purposes of poisoning ; it resembles that of aconite in shape, but differs .from it in giving out no rootlets from its sides; when dry it breaks with
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Acute fulminant hepatic failure due to colchicine – a rare manifestation of Gloriosa superba poisoning.
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