Camphor poisoning: Personal experience

Supposed Dhatura Poisoning : A Personal Experience

The following is a condensed narrative of Hospital Assistant K. M. Melita's personal sufferings. On the evening of the 30th May, 1902, he dined with some friends. There were live people present, three adult males, a lad aged 13 years, and his hostess. The repast consisted of wheaten chappaties,dal and rice, vegetables, and a highlyspiced curry. Fifteen minutes after food he felt giddy and thirs...

Camphor poisoning following ingestion of nose drops.

Camphor poisoning-An unusual cause of seizure.

advice of psychiatrist. Systemic examination revealed no further abnormality. Her metabolic parameters and CT head was within normal limits. On day 2, patient was in sedated state, but there was no seizure episode or violent behavior. On day three, she was fully alert and well oriented. Since she was a young healthy female without any obvious cause for seizures and psychotic behavior, she was a...

Personal Epistemology and Personal Experience

The world view of students was investigated by measuring covert causal assumptions about the relationship between the person and physical and social reality. The Attitudes About Reality Scale was designed to measure a philosophical dimension ranging between a belief in social constructionism and a belief in logical positivism. These personal epistemologies are related to demographic markers suc...

Methanol poisoning--a Chennai experience.