A Case of Aconite Poisoning Treated by Hypertonic Saline by the Intravenous Route

for mistura carminativa, the two bottles being together on her table. As soon as she had done so she realized her mistake and vomited the medicine as far as she was able to do. Medical aid was at once called in and her stomach was immediately washed out with potassium permanganate solution. I saw her after the stomach had been washed out the first time and noticed typical symptoms of aconite poisoning, viz, tingling and numbness of mouth and tongue, salivation, nausea and vomiting with epigastric pain. There was a marked sensation of burning in the gastro-intestine and she felt as if her tongue was becoming shorter and the throat blocked. She did not exhibit any of the symptoms of belladonna or chloroform poisoning because the aconite poisoning symptoms masked them. Her stomach was washed out a second time with potassium permanganate solution; but the woman gradually began to sink. Her pulse became rapid, irregular and weak, skin cold and clammy and there was profuse perspiration. She was very restless and was having frequent evacuations of the bowels. She was given injections of strychnine, digitalin, atropin, camphor in ether, adrenaline and caffeine at half-hour intervals and was