Show PTOMAINE POISONING cases of considerable rarity in the nig tory of the art the husband and two children of the poisoned family in highlands are better it is a case of ptomaine poisoning and the fact that that kind of poisoning is exceedingly rare makes most interesting it comes from putrid meats and vegetables and also esisto in cheese it is a poisonous salt developed in the process of putrefaction and a case of this kind of poisoning is rarely seen so marked as this case because it ia seldom that leopla eat meats that are pronouncedly tainted in this case the meat was in the moct dangerous stage and all that ate it were very sick an evidence which shows that this was a case of ptomaine poisoning resulting from the meat is that the family upstairs ate some of the same meat which was cooked and were very sick for two days but recovered symptoms of this kind of poisoning according to dr luthea statement are violent vomiting and purging and a pinched expression of tho face this is often mistaken by the best physicians for other troubles and such a mistake ia not surprising when the best chemists do not thoroughly understand the nature of these cases and the poison it is a blood poison by absorption and its effect lafirst ia first upon the blood producing of the capillary circulation in reality death commences at the surface and continues inwardly until the heart is reached its secondary effect is on the vasomotor nerves which regulate the circulation dr lutze called dr sowers in consultation on the case and both are satisfied that this is a dear case of ptomaine poisoning regarding the rarity of such cases dr latzo says has in h practice seen but one and that was the case of a man in new jersey in that instance the cause was putrid fish A whole family was stricken down and five died dr sowers says he never saw a case with fatal results before in giving the peculiar effects of the poison he cited a medical work which is compiled from the best authorities over the world no characteristic postmortem post mortem appearances pe arances are recognizable the body is emaciated and tho skin bleached and parchment like rigor mortis begins early and continues longer than usual and putrefaction is delayed in some cases but very rapid in others tho mucous membrane of the mouth and pharynx is often white dry and parchment like or horny the mucous membrane is frequently congested and sometimes bachy cachy matic the spleen is sometimes enlarged congested and extremely soft and friable the blood as a rule is dark and contains no foreign organisms or elements tho corpuscles corpus cles are unaltered the lungs are frequently congested and cede matous often says dr L antze the symptoms are the same as in the case of arsenic poisoning but this is not always so denver news |