A FATAL CASE OF DELAYED CHLOROFORM POISONING.

Delayed Chloroform Poisoning

Sir,?As no comment has been made on the interesting paper 011 " Delayed Chloroform Poisoning" by Major Munro and Capt. Denham White which appeared in the October issue of the Indian Medical Gazette, I shall be grateful if you will grant me space for a few remarks 011 this very important subject. Frew (1) has shown that of 662 children admitted for all causes to the hospital for sick children, G...

Fatal Formalin Poisoning: A Case Report

Background: Formalin is an aqueous solution of formaldehyde. It is a protoplasmic poison and causes coagulation necrosis and tissue fixation. Case: A 19-year-old girl was brought for autopsy to the mortuary of JSS Medical College, Mysore. Conclusion: Formalin is an unusual poison to be ingested for suicidal purposes due to selective availability and its strong taste and odor.

Clinical evidence for delayed chloroform poisoning.

From its introduction in 1847, chloroform proved to be a potent anaesthetic agent and over the next 50 yr its use became widespread. However, in 1912 the Committee on Anaesthesia of the American Medical Association stated that they were concerned with the occurrence of delayed chloroform poisoning in a number of cases. This conclusion was based on case reports and experimental animal data. Howe...

a case of non-fatal oleander poisoning

Chloroform Poisoning

Sir,?I have recently returned to a well-known firm of druggists in Rangoon a consignment of chloroform which was labelled chloloform pure B. P. (made from pure alcohol dbc." It appeared to take an excessive amount to ansesthetise : patients became very cyanotic with irregular breathing: the pulse was often weak : and many had much vomiting, and felt very ill for two days. A sample was sent to t...