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Intoxication from Veratrum album

1993; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 12; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/096032719301200203

1477-0903

Gérald Quatrehomme, F. E. Bertrand, Colette Chauvet, A Ollier,

Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies

Two new cases of Veratrum poisoning are described. Clinical symptoms occurred quickly, within 30 min. Vomiting, a fall in blood pressure and bradycardia were observed. The outcome was favourable in both cases, producing a cure without sequellae. Examination of the literature showed that such cases are nearly always accidental, resulting from the difficulty in distinguishing Veratrum album and Gentiana.