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From what poisonous plant is the drug atropine obtained?

belladonna. Atropine is mainly used in opthalmology.

The Marsh test is used to determine the presence of

arsenic.

Pointsettias, the red Christmas flowers, are poisonous.

F. Although there's a common myth that these popular Christmas plants are poisonous, they actually are not. One study showed that a fifty-pound a child who ingested the plant had only a slight stomachache. However, they do secrete a juice that some people are allergic to. But that doesn't mean you should eat them! (For more info check out http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/poinsettia/facts.html)

Hair samples taken from Beethoven show that he suffered from ______ poisoning.

lead. Scientists at the Health Research Institute in Naperville, Illinois analyzed eight strands of Beethoven's hair and found 'unusually high' levels of lead, which could account for the composer's many medical problems.

You may suffer from ciguatoxin poisoning if you eat such things as

reef fish. The poison is carried by reef fish such as barracuda, snapper, jack, and grouper. Symptoms include numbness and heart palpitations.

This common plant is known to cause terrible hallucinations.

jimson weed. Also called 'locoweed', it's known for the nightmarish hallucinations it produces.

In January 2000, dip made by Senor Felix's Gourmet Mexican Foods was recalled when it was found to contain what type of food poisoning?

Shigella. Shigellosis is one of the less-common food poisonings. Infection sets in 1-3 days after ingestion, causing cramps, diarrhea, vomiting, and bloody stool.

Dr. Harvey Hawley Crippen was hanged in England in 1910 for poisoning his wife with

hyoscine.

This rare heavy metal, used as a rat poison, was discovered in 1861 by William Crookes.

thallium.

Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, a British physician, was convicted of murdering four people with this {poison;} however, he is believed to have killed eight.

strychnine. Strychnine, most often used as a rat poison, causes painful spasms and asphyxia.