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Show 8iilihur us a Ilueily. Sulphur is a very popular doiuestio remedy, much overrated, its medicinal ellccts when taken internally being lean than is commonly supjtoscd. tlciierully held to be harmless, it iu of ten taken in large doses, and rarely indeed are very unpleasant consequences recorded. Hut that it is capable of doing harm ia shown by the following case, recently reported; A man took internally one ounce of sublimated sub-limated sulphur, and the following day repeated thu dose. Somo twenty-four hours after ho became utterly prostraU and partially insensible. At lucid intervals inter-vals he complained of intense headache, with achinpu griping pains in his bowels. There was a very high fever and rapid pulse, tongue dry and deeply furred, breath fetid and smelling strongly of sulphuretted sul-phuretted hydrogen, pupils strongly contracted con-tracted and insensible to light, ukin bathed in a profuse clammy perspiration, abdomen swollen with gas and very tender ten-der on slight pressure. Tho patient retched and vomited almost continuously, continu-ously, and had severe diarrhea; the intestinal in-testinal discharges mainly consisted of bloody mucus, mixed with line particles of sulphur. Wood also appeared in the discharges from the kidneys. This patient pa-tient recovered after a short but painful illness. IJiscaso illustrates, what phy-siciaiiB phy-siciaiiB are constantly trying to impress upon people, that there is no kind of medicine oven the simplest but wha; is capable of doing harm if improperly us; d. Boston Herald. |