The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-02
mo MUCH NICOTINE.
~. THAN TWO OUNCES OF POISON
no" IN A MANS ARM.

=. rn,sterate smokers strange ,''. nal'a a..
81. system was Unable to throw on
.,.o,ou. Matter-Now That He Is
-, He Despises the Weed
g the most curious and inexpii-
on0 sos known 70 medicine ana sur
o oary has just come to ilgh' IA Gnio"s go
g gho case is that of Peter Menker the
~. If a grocery store III west Lake
keep ne is more than 90 years OF age
sur = the possessor of a magnificent
anu Tn 10 six months ago he had
pnls'de If the healthiest of men He
was vigorous and enjoyed a.nie'ie
'"orts There was none more ROBUST
p V.i He was up mornings by the
SsaaL of day and had an appetite az
s pl."r time that would have done
Lit 70 an army mule driver
0i' Along in February however he be.
AN 10 droop His spirits fell. he ana
s s"t laugh as was his wont. His appe-
n NV vas vas dismal failure. The only
~ that he seemed TO enjoy was his
~ W. of tobacco and his rocking chair
T T1ps were his constant companions.
a. ln' Gould not sleep. His friends advised
,ho family to call in a doctor He pro-
tested
living the semblance of carbuncle
arreared on bis right hand at It's juno
srr anteriorly with the arm just over
,So radial artery. 1t seemed as If 1T
MIGHT be erysipelas, so DR.. j. w. Wild
thoupht. At all events, the sore was
Weeks went along, and the patient
,row worse instead of better. Poul-
tices were applied, but they acted as IT.
,itonts. Menker was finally compelled
10 90 TO his bed. There he lay III a
som; somnolent state for days. Medi-
zines did not revive him nor lotions al
Law the throbbing pain caused by the
gradually growing sore on his arm. 1t
eventually grew darker and harder and
more sensitive. The man grew more
nervous until he was almost ON the
voroe If delirium. More medical talent
was consulted. The rising did not show
signs of ripening.
II was finally agreed to apply the
lance. and this was done. The diseased
part was then the size OF walnut,
almost as hard and Just as black The
pristle was penetrated, and in the sy-
noical sac was found more than two
ouuces of a dark, molasses like, looking
Auid 1t had sckening smell that
penetrated the entire house. Upon ex-
animation it was discovered TO lee nico.
tne-nicotine almost as poisonous as
that found at the bottom of Il much
used tobacco pipe The wound was thor
oughly drained aud antiseptics were ap
Piled The blaCkish looking fluid was
preserved and tested. But few traces OF
blood matter were discovered, but the
nicotine, in all of its deadly effects, wa'
plainly apparent. Fifteen drops givei
to cat resulted in the cats death.
Within "a hours Mr.. Menker begal
to improve. A week afterward and IN
was about his business. He has now re
gained his former vigor. But he de
spises tobacco in all its forms. He can
not bear to smell its fumes. A pipe /
more nauseating than asafetida. 1t i
revolving to all his nerves, and he be
lieves that were he to attempt to use
in any form again it would throw hin
into paroxysms. He is the best cure'
tobacco user that ever lived and is gain
ing flesh since his rescue at the rate o
a half pound a day. Still, he sells tn
weed, but in doing so he gives wor
of warning to each of his purchasers
He had been using it necessarily TO
more than 30 years i'll all its variou
forms.
There is great diversity of opinio
among physicians as to the genuinenes
Of the fluid taken from the sack. Som
contend that it must have passe
through the heart in order to hay
Judgment over the radial artery, an
that, of course, drop or so of nicotin
would paralyze that organ and produt
instant death. But Mr.. Menker, h
friends and his doctors declare that it
nicotine. eff it isn't. then what is it?
they ask. -Exchange.