Chronic Arsinical Poisoning—Complete Recovery

نویسنده

  • A. S. G. Jayakar
چکیده

It rarely falls to the lot of the Indian practitioner to meet with cases of chronic poisoning by arsenic. This inay bo duo principally to tho large quantity of arsenic which is generally either administered or taken for homicidal or suicidal purposes in this country. Amongst the symptoms which make their appearance gradually after the administration of tho poison, those in connexion with the nervous system are not very common. On the contrary, a medical man is often thrown olf his guard while trying to discover the cause of such symptoms, as the notes of the present case will fully illustrate. Foola Mona, a cultivator, aged 35, was admitted into the Hutteesing Hospital, Ahmedabad, on the 8th of February, 18(59, with an extensive fungous disease of right foot, which presented a number of sinuses on its front aspect, discharging

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دوره 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016