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A CASE OF POTASSIUM CHLORATE POISONING

A CASE OF POTASSIUM CHLORATE POISONING Damage by borrowed medicine is frequently met. The following is an instance: May 21, 1911, I was called to see a twenty-day-old baby with the following history: The mother knew of a neighbor's having some medicine that I had prescribed about a year previous for sore mouth, borrowed it and used it in large amounts locally on the membrane of the baby's mouth, and internally. She said that the child became irritable and began to vomit. Gradually the skin became blue in color and the stain of urine and fecal matter on the napkins became black. When I first saw the child it was cyanotic, very irritable and apparently had abdominal pain. The skin over the entire body was a deep yellow black. The conjunctivæ were yellow and the eyes had lost their luster. There was vomiting and the napkins were stained almost black. No urine for laboratory examination could http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

A CASE OF POTASSIUM CHLORATE POISONING

JAMA , Volume LVII (10) – Sep 2, 1911

A CASE OF POTASSIUM CHLORATE POISONING

Abstract


Damage by borrowed medicine is frequently met. The following is an instance:
May 21, 1911, I was called to see a twenty-day-old baby with the following history: The mother knew of a neighbor's having some medicine that I had prescribed about a year previous for sore mouth, borrowed it and used it in large amounts locally on the membrane of the baby's mouth, and internally. She said that the child became irritable and began to vomit. Gradually the skin became blue in color and the...
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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1911 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1911.04260090044017
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Abstract

Damage by borrowed medicine is frequently met. The following is an instance: May 21, 1911, I was called to see a twenty-day-old baby with the following history: The mother knew of a neighbor's having some medicine that I had prescribed about a year previous for sore mouth, borrowed it and used it in large amounts locally on the membrane of the baby's mouth, and internally. She said that the child became irritable and began to vomit. Gradually the skin became blue in color and the stain of urine and fecal matter on the napkins became black. When I first saw the child it was cyanotic, very irritable and apparently had abdominal pain. The skin over the entire body was a deep yellow black. The conjunctivæ were yellow and the eyes had lost their luster. There was vomiting and the napkins were stained almost black. No urine for laboratory examination could

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Sep 2, 1911

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