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CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  TOXICOLOGY. 
lived  in  a  newly  painted  room  for  several  days.  The  first  symp- 
tom was  colic,  but  soon  she  became  very  uneasy  ;  her  face  deathly 
pale  ;  eyelids  cyanotic  ;  eye-balls  fallen  back  ;  lips  hardly  move- 
able ;  breath  cold  ;  voice  feeble ;  limbs  cold ;  pulse  almost  im- 
perceptible, not  frequent ;  seeing  weakened  and  dimmed  ;  she 
had  her  reason  and  felt  herself  dying.  Energetic  applications 
of  stimulants,  internally  and  externally,  animated  her,  and  after 
several  returns  of  the  hyposthenic  crisis,  she  recovered  after  the 
lapse  of  a  month.  This  toxication  could  not  have  been  caused 
by  the  fixed  white  lead ;  that  it  was  caused  by  turpentine,  was 
proved  by  Marchal  in  several  experiments.  The  vapors  of 
spirits  of  turpentine  are  a  hyposthenic  poison  which  is  to  be 
treated  by  stimulants  Gaz.  Med.  de  Paris.  1855,  No.  52. 
Poisoning  hy  Chloroform. 
Ricord  extirpated  the  testicle  of  a  strong  man,  38  years  of 
age,  and  with  all  caution  let  him  inhale  a  very  good  chloroform. 
After  half  a  minute  narcosis  had  completely  set  in  without  con- 
vulsions and  the  operation  was  performed.  After  the  chloro- 
form had  been  taken  away  for  some  time,  all  at  once  the  pulse 
ceased  to  beat,  respiration  stopped,  deathlike  paleness  overcame 
the  patient,  who  turned  the  eyes  upwards  and  seemed  to  be  dead. 
Instantly  Ricord  threw  himself  over  him,  and  putting  his  mouth 
to  that  of  the  patient,  blew  air  in,  which  he  expelled  again  by 
compression  of  the  thorax.  After  this  had  been  done  twice, 
pulse  and  respiration  returned ;  the  color  improved  and  after 
half  a  minute  the  patient  commenced  to  speak.  Ricord  makes 
the  following  reflections : 
1.  In  consequence  of  hemorrhages  or  violent  emotions,  syn- 
cope not  seldom  occurs  after  these  causes  cease.  Just  the  same 
with  chloroform.  2.  The  difference  of  the  action  of  chloroform 
depends  less  on  the  purity  of  the  article,  as  De'dillot  asserts, 
but,  like  with  other  medicines,  from  idiosyncrasis.  3.  The 
above  treatment  of  poisoning  by  chloroform  is,  according  to 
Ricord,  who  often  had  resort  to  it,  safer  and  quicker  to  apply 
than  any  other  counter-poison. — Jalirb.  d.  ges.  Med.,  lxx,  No.  7. 
Poisonous  properties  of  Brine. 
In  the  session  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences  of  Paris,  on 
