Cooper mentions the symptoms of poisoning
following the application of extract of belladonna to the
scrotum. Davison reports poisoning by the application of
belladonna liniment. Jenner and Lyman also record belladonna
poisoning from external applications.
Rosenthal reports a rare case of poisoning in a child eighteen
months old who had swallowed about a teaspoonful of benzin.
Fifteen minutes later the child became unconscious. The
stomach-contents, which were promptly removed, contained flakes
of bloody mucus. At the end of an hour the radial pulse was
scarcely perceptible, respiration was somewhat increased in
frequency and accompanied with a rasping sound. The breath smelt
of benzin. The child lay in quiet narcosis, occasionally throwing
itself about as if in pain. The pulse gradually improved, profuse
perspiration occurred, and normal sleep intervened. Six hours
after the poisoning the child was still stupefied. The urine was
free from albumin and sugar, and the next morning the little one
had perfectly recovered.
There is an instance mentioned of a robust youth of twenty who by
a mistake took a half ounce of cantharides. He was almost
immediately seized with violent heat in the throat and stomach,
pain in the head, and intense burning on urination.
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