The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-07
The Weymouth Poisoning Cese.
OUR WEYMOUTH CORRESPONDENTS.

OUR WEYMOUTH CORRESPONDENTS.
WEYMOUTH, Mass, June 20, 1850.
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Weymouth Poisoning Case, dc.
lie rage for poisoning by strychnine has become
aarmingly prevalent of late thata brief description OF
The character Of this deadly poison and its effects upon
the human system, compared with other poisons may
not be uninteresng The following statement 10 pre-
pared from the reliable sources well &C from &C.
tua personal experience and observation and KS prepa
ration suggested by the alleged wholesale poisoning
cases which have so much disturbed this community
late.
Strychna is cassed By chemists anon the spinal poi
sons, and ts presence Is announced by violent dturb
ance Of the nervous system and through this the
lar Yet not the whole Of the system is thus
thrown into commotien. Passing from the spia
cord or marrow Of the backbone the which
govern the sensations aud motions Of the whole animal
pody Zach nerve springs from two roots OF which
comes from the front part Of the spinal marrow
from the back part. The coming from the front
root is nerve Of notion the from the back
rs nerve Of sensation. Soon after these emerge
from the the two unto in bundle and go TO
supply the body. The actions OF these
which trains and from a city. Thus,
II gentleman receive a violent kick,
weigh.y neigbbor t,eads heavily his corns, the
OF conveys the fact the spinal cord by
Its pain. His intelligence perceivos that be had better
Withdraw his 1901 ana AVOID Tue ne4ghDorhooi OF the
kicker Instantly the Of motion, acting on the
muscles draws the foot walks the sufferer fro the
dangerous vicinity. Now, srychnne has this popularity,
VIZ Affects the nerves OF motion leaving those Of
tion almost unimpaired has also another popularity
during its effect, until the last breath last puss,on Of
We inc intellect uncIoaded the soul stu site un
shaxen on lie throne Herein capital distinction be-
ween the effects Of stry chime and those any
SHOWN POISON either mineral or vegetable. The victims
OF opium, nghtshade, apple OF Peru, henbanc or
hemlock, die either in heavy s.upor or
the the, vain imagiaings Of a mailman dance in
suay aougn ane' p,as ne distinction be-
is equally evident with the exception Of Etins or lock-
complete Cogea or St. Vitus, dance Is n glow chrorc
disease moetiy found in children In the heavier atta
Another Distinction between strvcbnipc ,oisonnc ard
convulsve diseases Is the extraordinary rightly OF the
limbs In epilepsy the and relaxation Of the
ing by strychnine as etanus or ockjaw vet between
them broad has drawn by the Creator that
the well instructed man error liz well nigh impossbIe
The term tetauus is derived from the Greek and is an
piled in medical practice disease characterized by
tho muscles animal life IL occQrs under several forms
VIZ: idiopathic, without known cause; iraumatic
consequence Of wound, often very slight one Lido
pathic etanus is great rarity so much so that
Sir BENJAMIN Broaie doubted if he had ever seen IL "a
less uncommon in hot countr es Traumatic tetans ia
occasionally with in pital and private practice
Both e,ans and strychpne poisoning are marked nv ri
gidy of tho muscles and are equally in re-
gard to the Intellect, which remains uninpared the
last Hence in cases of poisoning by strychnioe
set up by the defence as the cause of death The dis
tncons TO be observed neutrality-suspicious. may be
said never to take place unless in consequence Of wound
or sore SecondyTetanus an affair Of days and hours
strychnine OF minutes Thirdy-n tetnus the rgidity,
once commenced never wholly rehxos the reverse true
81 suy1hine fontH.i-the sfasms OF teanus usually
,naacd in st-vchnrs NO onyr ,Ss I,hs .s V,en
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