Show 8 VICTIMS WAIT POISON EXPERT FRESNO Cal Jan 30 UP Eight UP Eight victims of thallium poisoning were gradually sinking today as physicians battled to keep them alive until the arrival of a renowned toxicologist with new methods of treatment Most of the victims were saved from earlier death by doctors working Under under un Un- der instructions telegraphed by Dr J. J C. C Munch noted Pennsylvania specialist as he hurried here by air air plane Dr Munch was due today and and physicians clans were hopeful that he could revive re vive some of the patients before they lapse into the final coma that precedes pre cedes death En route here Dr Munch revealed he will attempt the experiment of fighting poison with poison pitting the strange mixture known as philo philo- against the thallium Philo- Philo carpine is daubed on arrows by South American Indians to form deadly barbs Six persons already have died out of a group of more than 40 who ate tortillas made from poison barley The barley was treated with thallium for rodent control work on farms A Asack Asack sack of it was taken by a hungry Mexican farm worker who gave some to his friends and from it they made tortillas to serve at a dance |