MUSHROOM POISONING: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND REPORT OF TWO CASES CAUSED BY A PREVIOUSLY UNDESCRIBED SPECIES
Authors: C M GROSSMAN, B MALBIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 February 1954MUSHROOM POISONING: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND REPORT OF TWO CASES CAUSED BY A PREVIOUSLY UNDESCRIBED SPECIESCHARLES M. GROSSMAN, M.D., BARNEY MALBIN, M.D.CHARLES M. GROSSMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, BARNEY MALBIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-2-249 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptLittle information is available in the British and American literature on mushroom poisoning. Smith1described a wide variety of poisonous and allegedly poisonous mushrooms in a recent text. Cases of poisoning recorded in the medical literature are invariably attributed to the amanita group, theAmanita phalloidesand theA. muscariabeing the usual culprits. 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