[295] Tardieu, op. cit., Case 31.
[296] Diss. de Venefico Phosphoreo Acuto, Upsal, 1845.
[297] V. Bibra u. Geist, Die Krankheiten der Arbeiter in den Phosphorzundholz Fabriken, 1847, S. 59, &c.; Henle u. v. Pfeuffer’s Zeitschr. f. ration. Med., N. F., Bd. 7, Hft. 3, 1857.
[298] Étude Expérimentale sur quelques lésions de l’Empoisonnement aigu par le Phosphore (Thèse), Strasbourg, 1869.
§ 290. Antidote—Treatment.—After emptying the stomach by means of emetics or by the stomach-pump, oil of turpentine in full medicinal doses, say 2·5 c.c. (about 40 min.), frequently administered, seems to act as a true antidote, and a large percentage of cases treated early in this way recover.
§ 291. Poisonous Effects of Phosphine (phosphuretted hydrogen).—Experiments on pigeons, on rats, and other animals, and a few very rare cases among men, have shown that phosphine has an exciting action on the respiratory mucous membranes, and a secondary action on the nervous system. Eulenberg[299] exposed a pigeon to an atmosphere containing 1·68 per cent. of phosphine. There was immediate unrest; at the end of three minutes, quickened and laboured breathing (100 a minute); after seven minutes, the bird lay prostrate, with shivering of the body and wide open beak; after eight minutes, there was vomiting; after nine minutes, slow breathing (34 per minute); after twelve minutes, convulsive movements of the wings; and after thirteen minutes, general convulsions and death.
[299] Gewerbe Hygiene, p. 273.