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CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  TOXICOLOGY. 
all  prevalent  affections  are  shown  to  the  mind  as  if  it  were  by  an 
immediate  reflection ;  2,  intense  pains  are  felt  in  the  chest,  as  if 
something  was  forcibly  torn  out  of  it ;  the  brain  is  affected  by 
a  heavy  pressure,  which  is  either  a  primary  effect  or  else  the 
result  of  the  influence  of  the  pains  on  the  nervous  system. 
In  the  open  air  he  was  washed  with  water  and  vinegar,  and 
given  ammonia  to  inhale  ;  after  15  minutes  feeling  commenced 
slowly  to  return,  accompanied  by  internal  pains,  which  soon 
gave  way  to  a  sensation  of  suffocation,  together  with  coldness 
and  considerable  perspiration  of  the  whole  body,  but  especially 
of  the  head.  For  several  days  he  was  very  feeble  and  suffered 
from  indigestion,  but  also  loathed  all  victuals ;  his  sleep  was  light, 
but  continually  and  dull,  often  interrupted  by  cramps  in  the 
knees  and  toes.  These  symptoms  gradually  diminished,  but  for 
months  afterwards  left  their  marks  ;  he  felt  weak,  dejected,  food 
was  distasteful,  and  he  was  afraid  of  an  unexpected  noise,  which 
would  give  him  a  shock  like  an  electric  discharge  ;  afterwards  a 
kind  of  numbness  set  in,  particularly  in  the  ends  of  the  fingers, 
which  varied  in  intensity  with  the  state  of  the  atmosphere. 
At  another  time,  by  the  breaking  of  a  manometer-tube,  the 
author  experienced  the  same  symptoms  internally  ;  but  he  did 
not  fall  down,  and  remained  in  a  half  conscious  state.  Drinking 
of  marshmallow  and  gum  water  for  several  days  relieved  him 
internally  ;  but  from  the  affections  noticed  above  he  suffered  se- 
verely for  a  long  time  afterwards.  The  author  cautions  all  who 
intend  to  experiment  with  this  gas. — Crazette  Medicate  de  Paris, 
1854. 
On  an  Antidote  to  Phosphorus. 
Duflos  had  proposed  in  cases  of  poisoning  by  phosphorus  to 
administer  hypochlorite  of  magnesia,  together  with  magnesia, 
and  Bechert,  who  experimented  with  it,  thought  it  available  for 
that  purpose.  Dr.  Schrader,  of  Gcettingen,  however,  (Archiv 
der  Pharm.  Ixxx.,  165,)  found  it  impossible  to  save  with  this 
remedy  any  one  of  the  eight  rabbits  with  which  he  experimented. 
Hofmann,  apothecary  in  Schlotheim,  (Arch.  d.  Ph.  lxxxiii,  146,) 
with  two  experiments  arrived  at  the  same  result—  Wittst.  V.  J* 
Schr.  v.,  125. 
