Front matter
Reading edition
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
Public Health Service
This material was prepared by Heber W. Youngken, Jr., Ph. D., Dean of the College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston; and Joseph S. Karas, M.D., Director of the Poison Control Center at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, and is published by the Rhode Island Health Department in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service, Division of Accident Prevention. The photographs were provided by Dean Youngken.
RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Division of Health Education and Information and THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
In Cooperation With U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Public Health Service
Division of Accident Prevention
Washington, D.C. 20201
Public Health Service Publication No. 1220 April 1964
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COMMON POISONOUS PLANTS OF NEW ENGLAND
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Introduction ii
Amanita mushroom 1
Baneberry 2
Bittersweet 3
Bloodroot 4
Castor bean 5
Christmas rose 6
Daphne 7
Deadly nightshade 8
Foxglove 9
Green hellebore 10
Indian hemp 11
Jimson weed 12
Larkspur 13
Lily-of-the-valley 14
Monkshood 15
Poison-hemlock 16
Poison-ivy 17
Pokeweed 18
Water hemlock 19
Yew 20
Poison Control Centers 21
Plant Index 23