Thevetia.

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Thevetia nereifolia. Cerbera thevetia. Ahovai-baum (of the Antilles). N. O. Apocynaceae. Tincture or trituration of the seeds.

Clinical.-Diarrhoea. Somnolence. Throat, affections of. Vomiting.

Characteristics.-J. Balfour observed the effect of eating the seeds on two boys, 8 and 6 1/2. This peculiar symptom was noted: "A tendency to sleep, disturbed every three to four minutes by irritation in the throat, and the discharge of a mouthful of frothy mucus with a sort of gulp; then the child would lie down and close his eyes until again disturbed."

Relations.-Compare: Apocy. Stroph. Upas.

SYMPTOMS.

9. Throat.-Tendency to sleep, disturbed every three to four minutes by irritation in the throat and discharge of a mouthful of frothy mucus with a sort of gulp; then the child would lie down and close his eyes again until again disturbed.

11. Stomach.-Vomiting.

13. Stool.-Bowels moved twice or thrice.