Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-06-05
ABOUT POIsONs.
Some Important Facts Which Ought to be
Generally Knewn.

Some Important Facts Which Ought to b
Generally Known.
From the Journal Of Nlatcrla Medica-
Poison; A substance which, when ia
ken into the stomach, mixed with tn
blood, or applied to the skin or flesh
proves fatal or deleterious; anything infeC
tious or malignant " Our scissors max
the first clip out of Webster for defni
ton of the greatest evil as well as tn
greatest good known in the medical world
For after the fashion Of the old saying, 81
takes a thief to catch a thief" in publi
systems, so in the individual system ii ger
poison has stolen away into the network
of veins by fair means or foul, there il
small hope Of recovering ones own, SAVE
another poison to be sent after 1t.
All medicines seem to be more or les!
poisonous; but owing to the large dose,
those classed 'less" require to produce
death or even dcleterious effects, they arr
by the mass of people regarded as harm
less for arsenic, stryclnine, opium, chlor
otorm, mercury, and perhaps few Other
prominent remedies, cover all, to them
dangerous pOisons. Yet we read in d
daily paper Of a child suddenly attacked
by severe vomiting, which the usual rem
cdies, failing to check, ends in exhaustion
and death; and the causels laid anywhere
but ut the confectioner's counter where
the boy bought his candies and cakes fla.
vOred with bitter almonds.
iaIbn hit in,. ,I,,npl 10 a ,,n,rnrc,1 ,,a;,-
on" A single drop of the essential oil on
a cat s tongue made dead pussy of Il liv-
ing one in just five minutes by expert
ment. Some delicate organizations, es-
pecially among children, can bear but lit
tie of this essence, the smallest quantity
producing an eruption like nettle rash, if
nothing worse, and yet macaroOns are eat
en- and given to children to eat with i'm
punity, while cOnfectioncrs are often, now
ndays, using, not the bitter almond but
the essential oil for their iIavoring. There
is u family connection" between the bit,
ter and sweet almond, how close is not en-.
silly defined, but sufficient to show that on
some persons the sweet nut on our tables
if eaten produces an effect similar to that
caused by the bitter almond.
Fish poison is one of the most singular
in all the range of toxicology." Certain
kinds of fish in hot countries are looked
upon as lHays poisonous. Other kinds
are only poisonous to peculiar consttu-
tions, and perhaps depending somewhat
on the climate. The richer sort of verte-
brate fish, though actually eaten with per-
feet safety, by mankind in general, are
nevertheless poisonous, either at all times
or occasionally to peculiar individuals.
This fact is sCi-evident to many of us who
have experienced nausea after eating
white fish, salmon, lobster, ETC., at one
time or another, and instinct is wise when
it hceds the hint and declines the poison
in future.
Lead poisoning we are more familiar
with, as some members of our household
ire more susceptible than others to the in
uriOus effect of water run through lead
Dlpcs. But the poison in this case, acting
slowly and subtly, is usually classed un-
Ter the broad, good-naturcdly embracing
erm malaria" " Those who work in lead
mines or in any way with lead and absorb
Is fine dust into their systems, except by
,llc greatest CdIt, SOOHcT UT IllcT nave
what in general phrascology Is called
printers or painters palsy. The habits
If children to bite and wet their lead pen
ills is often followed by serious results,
which are more likely to be traced to a
Hose schoo.room and hard study, than to
he lead pencils, slate pencils and chalk |
hey have munched on at short intervals |
i've days out of every seven.
Another of the every day poisons is
ound in the syrup which is a leading tea-
ure Of the American breakfast table. |
The use of chloride of tin in glucose syr-
lp' has been proved by numerous analy.
es." Think of that, oh ye, who indulge
II golden drip" and maple syrup" on
old, wintry mornings on yOur hot cakes.
}eware Of any syrup that leaves a metallic
aste in the mouth, lest by means of the
weet liquid your stomach gets tin lin
ng, and You, wondering why on earth you
AVE developed dyspepsia, conclude 1t
must be the hot cakes disagree with You.
And if the said cakes are made of the rails.
ng-easy stuff called baking powder
cry likely the disagreement can, in part,
,e laid to them, for analysis has also
hown that baking-powder contains a
lrge proportion of desiccated alum.