Preservatives and other chemicals in foods: their use and abuse / by Otto Folin.

  • Folin, Otto, 1867-1934.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Preservatives and other chemicals in foods: their use and abuse / by Otto Folin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    they are followed by ataxia [lack of co¬ ordination] and hallucinations. In many respects (the prodromal appearances, the course of the cramps, and accompanying symptoms) the attacks resemble epilepsy in man. “ By further continuation of the ad¬ ministration of benzoic acid the poison¬ ing results in death through paralysis of the central nervous system. “ A picture resembling so closely a disease cannot be produced experimen¬ tally [so far as we know] by any other well defined chemical. 2. “ The amount of benzoic acid required to produce toxic symptoms, by repeated doses, is relatively large; with dogs weighing from five to eighteen pounds, seven grams of sodium benzoate was necessary. In no case could any symptoms be obtained with less than seven grams. The effective amount of sodium benzoate, about four-tenths of a gram per pound of body weight, is also