地瓜又名豆薯、凉薯、土瓜、凉瓜、剥皮薯等,属于豆科植物。在我国南方均有栽培,滋润而甜,多汁可口,生熟可食,而其种子则能引起中毒甚至死亡,国内杂志少有报道。我县1978年夏季末发生三例因服地瓜子致中毒死亡,其中两例为成年人,一例为小儿。现将典型案例报告如下:陈××,男,4岁,风岗公社仙三都大队人。死者于早晨7时左右在菜园内同邻居小孩玩耍,误认地瓜子为豆子而食用约30余粒(邻童未服,并有鲜豆夹皮在现场),8时左右则口中流涎半碗(约50毫升)。面色苍白,嗜睡, Sweet potato, also known as bean, sweet potato, soil melon, cold melon, peeling potato, belong to the legumes. In southern China are cultivated, moist and sweet, juicy and delicious, raw and cooked food, and its seeds can cause poisoning or even death, few domestic journals. In the summer of 1978 in the county, three cases of death from poisoning caused by groundwatermelon seeds occurred. Three of them were adults and one was pediatric. Now the typical case report is as follows: Chen × ×, male, 4 years old, wind and commune cents are three brigade people. The deceased was playing with his neighbors in the vegetable garden at about 7 am. He mistakenly thought that the sweet melon seeds consumed about 30 grains of beans (the neighbor was not served and fresh beans were caught at the scene), and the mouth was salivating at about 8 o’clock (About 50 ml). Pale, drowsiness,