Treatment.—Fresh air, steam inhalations, and the general treatment of the lung conditions.

PHOSPHORETTED HYDROGEN

This is a very poisonous gas. Deaths have occurred on board ships carrying cargoes of electrolytic ferrosilicate containing calcium phosphide. It reduces the oxyhæmoglobin. It may produce rapid, followed by slow and laboured breathing and convulsions.

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Footnotes:

[1] Monthly Journal of Medical Science, 1851.

[2] Edinburgh Medical Journal, February 1876.