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Moonflower poisoning
Abstract
Poisoning in children is quite a common cause of admission to hospital in Johannesburg.l Between 1953 and 1955, 4% of all admissions to the Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children were due to poisoning.l Only 18 out of 527 patients, however, were poisoned by plants, 12 of the 18 cases being due to Datura stramonium (stinkblaar) While stinkblaar poisoning is well known, no documented case of moonflower (Datura arborea L and Datura cornigera Hook) poisoning could be found. The following case is, therefore, described because the plant concerned is an unusual one, and it appears to be the first reported instance of moonflower poisoning in South Africa.
