On poisons in relation to medical jurisprudence and medicine . had distended nostrils, shivered at the 710 (ENANTHE CROCATA ANALYSIS. loins and the hinder extremities; the respiration was rapid and laborious,and they had tetanic spasms, the neck being curved laterally (pleu-rothotonos). Some of the animals reeled in a circle for several min-utes, and then fell and died instantaneously. The stomachs of onewere sent to Dr. Cameron for inspection. No ordinary poison waspresent, but in the herbage of the first stomach he found many frag-ments of a plant which he suspected to be cenanthe. He sent f
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On poisons in relation to medical jurisprudence and medicine . had distended nostrils, shivered at the 710 (ENANTHE CROCATA ANALYSIS. loins and the hinder extremities; the respiration was rapid and laborious, and they had tetanic spasms, the neck being curved laterally (pleu-rothotonos). Some of the animals reeled in a circle for several min-utes, and then fell and died instantaneously. The stomachs of onewere sent to Dr. Cameron for inspection. No ordinary poison waspresent, but in the herbage of the first stomach he found many frag-ments of a plant which he suspected to be cenanthe. He sent for someof the herbage of the demesne, and it included a large proportion ofcenanthe crocata. There was no doubt that this was the cause of death.(Lancet, June 28, 1873, p. 918.) Analysis.—The cenanthe crocata can be identified only by its bo-tanical characters. The leaves are of a dark-green color, with a red-dish-colored border. They have no unpleasant odor when rubbed.The plant bears a greater resemblance to celery than most of the other Fig. 83. Fig. 82. Seeds of cenanthe crocata.a. Natural size.6. Magnified 30 diameters. c. One half of the seed magnified d. One half natural size. e. Group of seeds. Leaves of cenanthe crocata. umbelliferse. Its stem is channelled, round, smooth and much branched, of a yellowish-red color, and growing to the height of three to five feet.The root consists of a series of large oblong fusiform tubes with longand slender fibres. When cut, it is of a yellowish-white color, and notunpleasant to the taste. It is the most active part of the plant. Theleaves yield much tannic acid to water, but the decoction appears tocontain no alkaloidal base, since the chloriodide of potassium and mer-cury produces no precipitate in it. The roots and stems of this plantare more frequently eaten than the leaves. Nevertheless, it may beoccasionally necessary to identify the plant by the leaves. The aboveengraving (Fig. 83) is taken from a photograph of the larger le