Euphorbium
Allen, Supplement to the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1879, Vol. X, p. 521
Aidhority. 22, Mr. Furnival, Journ. of Sci., vol. iii, p. 81 (Lancet, 1836-7 (2,1 p. 739), Mr. F. swallowed a teaspoonful ; death.
On swallowing the poison a sensation of burning heat in the throat and fauces, afterwards communicated to the stomach ; incessant vomiting of watery fluid took place almost immediately ; the tongue was covered with thick mucus; the pulse very irregular, and at least 150; the patient was in a cold perspiration and unable to speak intelligibly,