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This episode explores a case of mistaken foraging leading to plant poisoning and its medical implications.

A harmless-looking plant gathered for a wilderness dinner. An ancient remedy for madness associated with Heracles. And a flower carrying the same kind of cardiac poison found in toxic toads. Your patient. Your diagnosis. Your decision. An interactive wilderness and emergency medicine case involving mistaken foraging, plant poisoning, vomiting, dangerous heart rhythms, persistent symptoms, and ancient Greek medicine. Send us Fan Mail

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