Datura stramonium poisoning, triggered by the plant's tropane alkaloids, including atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine, can pose substantial public health concerns. Historically used in traditional and ceremonial contexts in India, Datura ingestion leads to acute and potentially fatal central nervous system and gastrointestinal symptoms. The psychiatric manifestations of toxicity, such as...
Near death experiences (NDE) are receiving increasing attention by the scientific community because not only do they provide a glimpse of the complexity of the mind-brain interactions in 'near-death' circumstances but also because they have significant and long lasting effects on various psychological aspects of the survivors. The over-all incidence-reports of NDEs in literature have varied...