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vomiting ; twenty minutes, quite well. Thirty minutes, three-fourths grain 

 strychnia and two drachms tol)acco infusion given ; trembling, panting res- 

 piration. Forty three minutes, tetanic spasm ; forty-five minutes, death. 4. 

 Two drachms tobacco infusion ; uneasiness, panting, vomiting, recovery. 

 Twenty-five minutes, the dose was repeated ; vomiting, trembling, panting. 

 Fifty -one minutes, two drachms tobacco infusion with one-half grain strj'ch- 

 nia ; weakness, panting and trembling. Eighty-nine minutes, the combined 

 dose of tobacco and strychnia repeated ; noisy and panting respiration, 

 increased reflex excitability, spasms sometimes tetanic and sometimes not. 

 One hundred and nine minutes, died, without convulsion. 5. Half a 

 drachm of tobacco infusion, hypodermicall3% repeated in five minutes ; six 

 minutes, retching and vomiting; fourteen minutes, strychnia, one third 

 grain hypodermically ; seventeen minutes, tetanic spasm; nineteen min- 

 utes, death. — {Am. Jour. Med. Sri., April, 1871, p. 382.) 



Cases op Strychnia Poisoning Treated by Tobacco. 



O'Reilly'if Case. A sailor took six grains of strychnia in beer. Soon 

 after, he took an emetic, and vomited freely, but, notwithstanding, violent 

 symptoms set in. One and a quarter hour after he had taken the strychnia, 

 he was given an infusion of tobacco, and this was continued at intervals. 

 After about twelve hours, all the symptoms had disappeared. It is not 

 stated how the tobacco acted, but, merely, that in two hours after he had 

 commenced taking tobacco, "favorable sjauptoms set in." In all, an in- 

 fusion of one and a quarter ounce of tobacco was used. {Brituh and 

 Foreifj/i Medico-Chirnrg. Bee. Oct., 1859, p. 53"3.) 



Sniyly's Cane. A boy, aged 15, swallowed as much str^-chnia as would 

 cover a shilling, and ate a quantity of raisins to take away the taste. In 

 forty minutes, he fell into his master's arms, tetanic. Tarier emetic was 

 given, but it did not act. He was put under chloroform, and removed to a 

 hospital. Emetics were given, but did not act. Next an infusion of three 

 ounces of tobacco, in three pints of tepid water, was given, in three doses. 

 Each dose was followed by furious vomiting. Profuse sweating occurred ; 

 the patient slept, and had no further trouble. (Dublin Quart. Jour. 1863, 

 p. 183.) 



Ghever'ii Case. A Mohammedan girl, aged 11, took about three grains of 

 strychnia, chewed it, spat out, as she thought, the whole of it, and then 

 swallowed some water to remove the taste. In about forty minutes, a con- 

 vulsion occurred. An emetic was given bv the husband. She was taken to 

 a hospital, three hours after taking the strychnia, and, up to that time, had 

 had five convulsions. An emetic was given, and followed by large quan- 

 tities of animal charcoal and lard, and small doses of infusion of tobacco. 

 Two hours after admission, a severe convulsion occurred, lasting six min- 

 utes. Three hours after admission, there was free vomiting. Recovery 

 ensued. She received in all, tico and one third grains of tobacco in infu- 

 sion. It is stated that none of the emetics given acted satisfactorily, until 

 the tobacco was given. {British and Foreign Mediro-Chirurg. Rev. 1876, 

 p. 242.) 



