24 Notes from the Physiological Laboratory 



ON CERTAIN UNTOWARD EFFECTS OF THE 

 ADMINISTRATION OF TURPETH MINERAL. 



have recently had under our personal ob- 

 servation five cases in which the administration of 

 turpeth mineral was followed by unexpected symp- 

 toms. 



On the occasion in question each of eight well- 

 nourished men, in average health, was given five 

 grains of turpeth mineral ; * and as emesis did not 

 follow within half an hour, three grains additional 

 were given, with the result of inducing vomiting, 

 more or less copious, within twenty minutes after 

 the administration of the second dose. Beyond a 

 continuation of the retching for some time and a 

 general complaint of a sense of burning in the 

 throat and fauces, nothing unusual was observed at 

 the time, and but little depression immediately fol- 

 lowed the emesis. 



1 The drug was purchased from a reliable wholesale dealer 

 in this city. 



