CADMIUM MURIATICUM.
Case of poisoning, reported by Dr. Salzer, M. Hom. Rev., 1871, 291, as
reported at page 297 of the Manual of Medical Jurisprudence of
India.A slender lad, about 14 years of age, was brought to the hospital on the
2d of March, 1866. On admission he was in a state of perfect collapse, with a cold, clammy
skin; radial pulse scarcely perceptible; respiration feeble, slow, and sighing; no stertor;
face considerably disfigured, owing to considerable chemosis of both eyes to such an extent
as to prevent closure of the lids, completely hiding the pupil; lips everted, the mucous
membrane of the mouth being pale and sodden; tongue swollen, greatly resembling the
distended belly of a frog; lay apparently unconscious, though, when shaken and roused by
dashing cold water on the face, he replies rationally, in a hoarse whisper, to any questions
put to him; there was extreme restlessness and throwing about of the limbs; deglutition
impeded; with considerable difficulty he could be got to swallow a little milk and water;
this was due, in all probability, to a similar condition of parts existing in the pharynx as
was seen in the mouth. He died about an hour and a half after taking the dose. On tasting
some of the (according to the statement of the mother) supposed Epsom salt, Mr. Hinder
experienced, almost instantaneously, a sharp, raw sensation through the tongue, as though it
were bared of its epithelial covering, with constriction and drying of the fauces, followed
by a spasmodic pain at the epigastrium, attended with nausea and spitting.® 2000
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