Abstract
The clinical and laboratory picture resulting from the ingestion of poisons is often varied and bizarre. We have found no report in the literature, however, of a condition simulating diabetic coma that followed the swallowing of poisonous berries. <h3>REPORT OF CASE</h3> A 5-year-old white girl was admitted to the Beth El Hospital on Aug. 26, 1952, with the chief complaints of vomiting, abdominal pain, and fever. The child was apparently well until the night before admission, when she complained of pain in the abdomen and vomited. The temperature was normal. The next morning the pain became more intense and localized mostly about the umbilical region. The vomiting continued, and the vomitus was bile stained; the temperature rose to 102 F. A blood count and results of a urinalysis were found to be within normal limits. In the next few hours the child's general condition grew worse, and she was hospitalized.
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