Handbook of Poisonous And Injurious Plants

by Nelson, Lewis S., M.D.; Shih, Richard D.; Balick, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780387312682
• ISBN10: 0387312684
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-15
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

Plant poisoning is an important problem in the United States, and exposures to plants account for approximately 10% of the annual calls to our nation's Poison Control Centers. Fortunately, few life-threatening poisonings occur, but this paradoxically heightens the need for accurate information, as contained in this book, to allow the health care provider to separate the wheat from the chaff. The Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants discusses the interaction of humans with potentially poisonous plants that are found in either the home or garden.

Author Biography

Michael J. Balick, Ph.D., F.L.S.: Specialist in Ethnobotany and Economic Botany, Medicinal and Toxic Plants, and Tropical Botany. Vice President for Botanical Research and Training, The New York Botanical Garden. He has written or edited 14 books and over 100 scientific papers on the subject of useful and harmful plants as well as serving as a Past President of the Society for Economic Botany. He is on the adjunct faculties of Columbia, Yale, New York University, and The City University of New York.Lewis S. Nelson, M.D., FACEP, FACMT: Board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology at New York University School of Medicine and the New York City Poison Control Center, in New York City. He is an editor of the 7th Edition of Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, published by McGraw-Hill and considered by many as the flagship reference text in the field of medical toxicology.Richard Shih M.D., FACEP: Board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology. Currently the Director of Residency Training Program in Emergency Medicine at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, NJ.

Table of Contents

Disclaimer V.

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

Authors' Note

Botanical Nomenclature And Botanical Glossary Of Terms

Botanical Nomenclature

Glossary of Botanical Terms

Poisons, Poisoning Syndromes, And Their Clinical Management

Plant-Induced Dermatitis (Phytodermatitis)

Gastrointestinal Decontamination

Individual Plants

Photographers' Credits

Index

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