Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-11-27
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tureS Il acts also Upon the nervous sSslth
at large producing manifest symptoms Of
drybess aud buHiDg in themoulll, throat
and stomach; pFssttie would be UNPLEASANT
aitessraih had setip, vomiting aud diutrhen
would follow. In solution from avery few
minutes TO perhaps half an hour symptoms
would bfgin, and constitutional symptoms
would bpgin soon after vomiting; pulse
would be rapid and small, cuuutenance be-
come pinelied, with an expression of distress
skin cold aud clanlny; effect Of arsenic is
Oppressive I; expect the vomiting would be
very severe; good deal Of febriIo action; af-
ter the system became saturated with it,
pulse would become small--in last stages
nervous system might become prominent,
weakness, aud in some cases lockjaw and
commissions intellect usually remains quite
clear in last stngts Wandering of the intel
lect aud sometimes comae death would
commence in the circulation, the heart, then
in nervous system; BRAN and then lnngs fin
ishng the patient; the commissions in arse
meal poison would mostly seize NJ on the
lmts well defined spasms never 10 my
knowledge the first symptoms; iptermisson
of vomiting aud pnfging may b,ke place.
constitutional symptoms wOuId remain irri-
talion suspended. Should thiuk absorption
itself could not ceNse for five or six hours
If arsenic acid were given, should expect n
few grains would be found in the stomach.
If fatal dose of laudauuln were taken.
should expect ntoXlcation, then stupor, slow
ness of pulse and breathing. aft ct the uer-
vous system first, then the pulse AID breath
ing, Think opium from arsenic, each in "a
tai doses, could be readily distinguished by.
the symptoms Were / drains of laudu-
nun, containing in solution 1-7th or 18th
gram arsenic administered, should expect
opium symptoms. So with ! or. arsenic
in I J drains laudunum-even with or. ar
senic should expect laudunum wouli killthe
patient Symptoms with strychnue poison
are, first, some agitation of nervous system
and quiekncss of pulse; after these preinon-
-itory symptoms, general commissions would
follow--all the limbs would be agitated and
extended; breathing difficult and suspended
at hight OF spasm, eyes glaring wide open
and lockjaw; strongest muscles would pre-
vail, arms be crossed, fingers clenched, BODY
usually backward, and abdomen thrown out;
should expect remission ofspasms 10 animals,
almost intermssion; have seen three or four
dogs and some frogs killed by it; should
suppose the symptoms would be analogous
TO human beings. Intellect usually remains
clear to the last; sensitiveness to noise or
rusting of cothes-this last is noticeable at
the intervals; could not determine the state
Of reason at the hight Of spasm; 10 some
cases vomiting, in most active poisons thirst
is produced. Stnchnine affects the vomn-
ary, and afterwards the involuntary muscles;
in spasms would rest more prominently on
head and shoulders and lower part of body;
in solution would act in very few minutes
from three to fifteen; in a minimum fatal
dose, should expect death ordinarily within
two hours after spasms commenced; should
expect spaslns sooner in case Of a larger dose
in solution. Contents of stomach would
modify action some; full stomach would re-
tard; much gastric juice would facilitate ac-
ton. Think the esymptoms are well defined,
a wide contrast between it and Arsenic
Could determine from symptoms pretty ac-,
curately what the poison was; should expect
to find the body rigid after strychnine--
frogswere invariably rigid--don't recclect
in regard to the dogs ;inyarsenic poisoning
fiacidity [ should eNpect--my impression is
that when death occurs in n couvusion, ri5
gidity remains, Here the prosecution sup,
pose several cases pertinent to thecase under
consideration, and asked witness what poison
he would expect answer invariably stych-.
nine. -l. .a.s s.a.
Court took a recess. ,..
AFTERNOON SESSION. t-ts= a'aI
Gross Er. I have witnessed ono case
Of poisoning with arsenic; not positively GER
tain, but think twas arsenic; was the case
of an adult; there were the ordinary symp-
toms an ilflamatory character in stomach
and intestines, 4 or days after taking it
patient died; have .seensseyeral cases of OPT
umi poison when patirnt struggled along
and ultimately recovered. Would not
place the highest dependence on my opin-
ION With regard to effects of 1poisons of an
opposite nature compounded in uncertain
proportions would not. hesitate; if T.
should mix them myself; thiuk poison. must
operate unless eescuated or nnlliiied in
case of mixed dose of o grains Of arsen-
ic and @ of opium given to lady some
what susceptible to the effect, Of medicine,
should expect opittn wodld take effect first.
Fratexciemept, then depression, after TINE
irrilation-pf, the stomach and bowels, then
might follow yomtiug with conyulsiye
spasms and the like. Arsenic symptoms
begin from onelfodrth to one hour aft dose
Is takona In mixed dose if the opium
took the lead in, producing symptoms, no
pain would be produced I'LL system Should
rally Somewhat from opium; 6 grains Of
opium would produce n decided narcotic af-
feet, rs it is doubIean extreme medical dose;
while opium was -haNing its effect arsenic
would be undergoing solution; and absorp-
ton by the mucuS membrane of the stom-
aeb. Have ordy seen partial spasins from
poisonous doses ofopihm; spasnIs resepi-
bling telanuS; i uSerthG word fetaRus in1its
legitimate sense; spasms with entire FelaXa-
ton shouldinot be properly be called teto,3-
&c; whether arsenic or strychnine produce
spasms, should not consider them tiaRic, if
there was relaxation sufficient to allow use
OF limbs aud muscles; think in a large num-
Der OF cases symptoms are similar; have
seen occasional anomalous eases reported
during the hast few Years Men were fotl
rnerly governed by symptoms before chem