Outlines of medical jurisprudence for India / by J.D.B. Gribble and Patrick Hehir.

  • Gribble, J. D. B. (James Dunning Baker), -1906
Date:
1898
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    OHAPi III.] .YXTIMOXY AND OTEBB MUTALUC POISONS. there is a short delay. The discharges in corrosive sublimate are more frequently bloody than in arsenic poisoning. 669. The symptoms present in the chronic form of mercu- sj^P£™se°f rial poisoning are modified by the size of the dose, and the IJ?™ mer* interval allowed to elapse between each dose. Nausea, fol- poisoning, lowed occasionally by vomiting and pains in the stomach, is complained of. There is general constitutional disturbance and consequent mental depression. Salivation, as might be expected, is a more prominent symptom than in acute poison- ing ; But the salivation may be intermittent, that is, it may eease and then reappear, even after the lapse of months, with- out an additional dose of mercury having heen given in the interval. Salivation may also come on in the course of cer- tain diseases, attacking the salivary glands, and it may also be produced by other causes pregnancy, etc. The glands of the mouth become swollen and painful, the gums tender, the teeth become loose and fall out of the mouth. The breath has a peculiar offensive smell. The bowels are irritable, and diarrhoea is not infrequently present. The nervous system is more or less affected, neuralgic pains and mercurial tremors being present in many cases. (Also occur occasionally in those exposed to. the vapour of mercury.)* There is also nausea and vomiting, pain in the stomach, and diarrhoea alternating with constipation. Mercurial tremor may follow, or accompany the above state, affecting all the limbs, the face, and the muscles. This deepens into paralysis, and the patient dies from exhaustion. In 1810 a remarkable case occurred on board H. M. S. Warrior. A Spanish ship, laden with mercurv. had been wrecked on the (oast, and the British sailors saved from her some 130 tons of mercury. This was stored in the hold, but the skins in which it was packed, rotted, and several tons of mercury escaped and were diffused through the ship as vapour. In three weeks two hundred men were affected with ptyalism. ulceration of the mouth, partial paralysis, and, in many instances, with diarrhoea. * Husband's Forensic Malici hp. P3
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