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By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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TOXICOPHLOeA.

Toxicophloea thunbergi.

Natural order , Apocynaceae.

Arrow-poison of the Bushmen.

Preparation , from the bark.

Authority. George Grey, M.D., Brit. Med. Journ., 1874 (2), p. 169, effects of a decoction of the bark.

Convulsions; loss of muscular power; death in a few minutes.