Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

Poisoning due to datura – a rare case report

  • Author:
  • Vishal V Koulapur1,, Prasanna S. Jirli2, Ravindra S. Honnungar1, S. S. Pujar1, Santosh Patil3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 64 to 66

1Associate Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, KLE University's J.N. Medical College, Belgaum

2Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, KLE University's J.N. Medical College, Belgaum

3Associate Professor, Dept. of Radio-diagnosis, KLE University's J.N. Medical College, Belgaum

*Corresponding Author: E-mail: drvishalk@gmail.com

Online published on 13 May, 2015.

Abstract

An unknown person in the dress of ‘sadhu’ (sage) offered “prasad” to a man aged 35 years, who was travelling in train. Consumption of “prasad” caused him stupor and drowsy and later he was robbed. The investigation revealed the presence of datura in “prasad”. Here, a non-fatal case of accidental poisoning of datura in a male aged 35 years is presented along with a brief description about the management and literature review regarding datura poisoning.

Keywords

Datura, accidental poisoning, prasad, sage