Observations on Secret Poisons

TOXBASE: poisons information on the internet.

OBJECTIVES To assess the uptake, usage and acceptability of TOXBASE, the National Poisons Information Service internet toxicology information service. METHODS An observational study of database usage, and a questionnaire of users were undertaken involving users of TOXBASE within the UK between August 1999, when the internet site was launched, and May 2000. The main outcome measures were numbe...

On the Poisons of Amanita Phalloides

It has recently been shown by one of us (W. W. Ford’) that the poisons of the fungus Amanita phalloides, the variety responsible for the great majority of deaths from mushroom intoxication, belong to the group of bacterial toxins. They were thus classified in virtue of their causing characteristic lesions in animals after a definite latent period, and because an immunity may be established towa...

On the Poisons of Amanita Phalloides

It has recently been shown by one of us (W. W. Ford’) that the poisons of the fungus Amanita phalloides, the variety responsible for the great majority of deaths from mushroom intoxication, belong to the group of bacterial toxins. They were thus classified in virtue of their causing characteristic lesions in animals after a definite latent period, and because an immunity may be established towa...

Cholera and Fever Poisons

Notes on Dr. Wall's Monograph on Cobra and Daboia Poisons

venomous snakes. ByA.J?^all, M. D. (Lond.), Surgeon R. M. Indian Army." Br. Wall having observed that hitherto no clear distinction had been recognised to exist between the actions of the poisons of the various species of venomous reptiles, undertook the task of submitting the poisons of the Cobra and Daboia to a close and searching investigation. That he has performed the task with extreme car...