Show ODD CAUSES OF intoxication fruit and vegetables capable of having disastrous effect on the nervous system those who cannot resist the tempha alon of too many strawberries should not be surprised it they are attacked with fruit drunkenness tor it Is an extraordinary fact that the excessive eating of strawberries often re aults in many of the sensations connected with alcohol attacking the eat er these symptoms consist of ald alness headache blurred sight and occasionally casio nally double vision for strawberries contain tar more acid than most of the other fruits in season at the same time and this juice acts very quickly on the nervous BI stem especially in the case of stout and full blooded people excessive rhubarb eating can also produce symptoms of intoxication owing to the excess of oxalic acid which lurks in this fruit but this Is only one of the many ways in which symptoms of drunken ness can be developed apart from excess of alcohol it Is quite possible to become temporarily intoxicated by excess of emotion whether it be sor row joy or music the explanation is that deep emotion deranges the nerve centers which are thrown out of unison with each other so that such actions as walking and talking become difficult an in valid who lives on diet tor come con time and then suddenly has a huge meal can quite easily get symptoms of drunkenness on a chop or steak strong coffee on an empty stomach also produces results similar to alco hoi whilst the fumes of turpentine are very liable to render you light headed recently six men were reduced to a rolling condition while unloading a cargo of this spirit from a barge at bristol england |