Coalville Times | 1900-06-22 | Page 7 | Polson in Potatoes

I'Uon In I-utatiw. "Potatoes contain a poison known as tolanln," tayt the Btnltary Home, Targo, N D "New potatoes contain comparatively llttlo of this poison unless un-less they rrow about tho surface erf tho ground- and have a green akin, when they are generally known to bq poisonous. It Is not, however, generally gener-ally known that old potatoes contain much more of this poisonous prlnclplo olanln and many cases of serious poisoning havo occurred In late summer, sum-mer, when old potatoes are used In 189 and 1893, thcro was almost whole-tale whole-tale poisoning among tho troops of tho dcrman army Tho symptoms were frontal headache, cnllc,dlarrhoea, vomiting, weakness, and slight stupor, and In tome cases dilatation of tho puplli Meyer Investigate tho cato nnd found In old potatoes, kept In a damp place, nnd beginning to aprout twenty-four timet ns much nolanln at In now potatoes When using old po-tatoca po-tatoca In Jdno and July, It will bo well to keep this fact In mind "