OCR Text |
Show CHILDREN EAT MUSHROOMS; GET TUMMY PUMPED James Hopkin, biology teacher teach-er at Milford High School, has in the past been displeased with the crowded condition of the Beaver County Hospital, but Saturday he said "Thank God for the hospital we have." Prompt action by a local physician and constant care on the part of the hospital staff saved the lives oof Mr. Hopkin's two youngest children. chil-dren. Bow hunting students of Mr. Hopkin brought him two specimens spec-imens of mushrooms (toadstools) (toad-stools) from the Beaver Mountains, Moun-tains, and he lay them on a desk to dry. Leaving for the school about noon Friday, he forgot the specimens. When Mrs. Hopkin stepped from the room briefly, Robbie, 2, and Mark, 1, climbed on a chair and took the mushrooms from the desk. When Mrs. Hopkin returned she found the specimens, a beautiful pink flecked with white and a less colorful darker one, torn into bits and scattered on the floor. Shortly after Mr. Hopkin returned, re-turned, a half hour later, Robbie Rob-bie began staggering and falling fall-ing and Mark also showed symptoms of poisoning. The two children were rushed to the Beaver County Hospital where Dr. D. A. Symond pumped their stomachs and administered ad-ministered antidote serum to both children. Robbie was unconscious un-conscious for three hours, and additional serum was administered adminis-tered thruout the night. Saturday Satur-day they were released to their home. An older daughter, Julie, 3, "just watched" as the youngsters young-sters nibbled on the poison mushroom. |