Charcot and other French authors have noticed the frequent
occurrence of suspension of the sexual instinct during the
administration of Fowler's solution. Jackson speaks of recovery
after the ingestion of two ounces of arsenic by the early
employment of an emetic. Walsh reports a case in which 600 gr. of
arsenic were taken without injury. The remarkable tolerance of
arsenic eaters is well known. Taylor asserts that the smallest
lethal dose of arsenic has been two gr., but Tardieu mentions an
instance in which ten cgm. (1 1/2 gr.) has caused death.
Mackenzie speaks of a man who swallowed a large quantity of
arsenic in lumps, and received no treatment for sixteen hours,
but recovered. It is added that from two masses passed by the
anus 105 gr. of arsenic were obtained.
In speaking of the tolerance of belladonna, in 1859 Fuller
mentioned a child of fourteen who in eighteen days took 37 grains
of atropin; a child of ten who took seven grains of extract of
belladonna daily, or more than two ounces in twenty-six days; and
a man who took 64 grains of the extract of belladonna daily, and
from whose urine enough atropin was extracted to kill two white
mice and to narcotize two others. Bader has observed grave
symptoms following the employment of a vaginal suppository
containing three grains of the extract of belladonna.
Pages:
970
971
972
973
974
975
976
977
978
979
980
981
982
983
984
985
986
987
988
989
990
991
992
993
994