Three cases of acute mania from inhaling carbon bisulphide / by Frederick Peterson.

  • Peterson, Frederick, 1859-1938.
Date:
1892
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Credit: Three cases of acute mania from inhaling carbon bisulphide / by Frederick Peterson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    be studied. The second case illustrates, however, very well some of the peculiarities of bisulphide-of-carbou poisouiug: the headaches, the electric paraisthesiie throughout his body, the sensation of numbness in his tongue and head, the globus hystericus, the voracious appetite, the hilarious feeling of the early intoxication, the terrible dreams by night, and the general muscular tremor — all of them pointed out by many authors as characteristic of this species of disorder. In none of the cases did we discover any neuritis. I have delayed publishing these cases for some years, thinking that I might hear of other similar ones, or that 1 might acquire more information from the owners of the factory or from doctors in attendance upon their employees, but it is astonishing what a large amount of ignorance and secretiveness develops among the authorities connected with any factory, when questions arise as to the unhealthful conditions under which the operatives pursue their vocation. 201 W. 51th Street, New York.