Jatropha

Authorities. 33, Dr. C. Hering, North Amer. Journ. of Horn., vol. iv, 1851, p. 447 ; 34, E. J. Waring, Pharm. Journ., 2d Ser., vol. vii, p. 554, a young Hindoo swallowed three or four fresh seeds of “Curcas multifidus;” 35, Dr. Arrest, Madras Med. Journ., 1861, p. 37 (Pharm. Journ., 2d Ser., vol. vii, p. 553), a person swallowed fifteen to twenty seeds.

Within an hour and a half after ingestion, burning sensations in the throat and stomach commenced, followed by profuse purging, vomiting, violent cramps of the extremities, which subsequently extended to the muscles of the abdomen and back, and occasional twitchings of those of the back, almost like those observed in tetanus. This was followed by deafness, and although the patient seemed all t^ie time to be quite sensible, he failed on recovery, which occurred after two days of intense suffering, to recall any of the events of his illness subsequent to the occurrence of the purging, which was one of the earliest symptoms,*’^—Violent purging and vomiting, intense heat and pain in the stomach, with great prostration of the vital powers, were the principal symptoms,***.—In Cuba, it is said that placing the hands in cold water will cause the effects to cease,^**.