Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1877 — Poisoned by an Ailantus Tree. [ARTICLE]

Poisoned by an Ailantus Tree.

A case of alleged poisoning by the ailantus troe has been reported to the New Haven Board of Health. The victim is a girl of 20, who claims to have been poisoned while lying on a lounge near an open window and looking at tlie tree, distant some four yards. The eruptions nearly closed one eye and covered one side of her face and body. This side was uppermost. Tho side she was lying on was not affected. Regularly, every time the tree flowers, she breaks out and sometimes the eruption takes place when the leaves are shooting. The odor of the tree is not stronger than usual. The patient is not feverish and has no increased pulsation. Her temper is not affected, aiid she has a good appetite. The irritation is only on the surface, and she has no other symptom of poisoning. California sent abroad 301 cargoes of wheat and flour during the year ending .June 80, valued at $18,427,500.