Death and blindness from methyl- or wood-alcohol poisoningAmerican Medical Association, 1912 - 15 pages |
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Page 12 - By such a combined committee working in conjunction with the committee on Prevention of Blindness of the New York Association for the Blind...
Page 6 - ... deodorized" wood alcohol in all its forms. The number of deaths may, meantime, be limited by putting all methylated preparations on the list of poisons and prosecuting all persons adulterating foods and drinks with it. Labeling it with the notice, ' ' This fluid, taken internally, is likely to produce blindness, " will certainly have a deterrent effect.
Page 12 - Y., chairman of the committee on Prevention of Blindness of the American Medical Association, to further the aims of their respective organizations.
Page 6 - With still larger doses the proportion of death and blindness will be greater. "13. Poisoning by inhalation of the fumes of methyl alcohol generally occurs when the exhalations are mixed with rebreathed air, as in varnishing the interior of beer vats, small rooms, etc. It is also highly probable that in susceptible subjects repeated or even single methylated 'alcohol rubs' may produce poisonous symptoms through absorption of the spirit by the skin.
Page 6 - ... is an example of idiosyncrasy. As in the case of several other poisons, some persons are largely immune so far as permanent damage to the organism is concerned. If ten persons drink, say, four ounces of Columbian spirits within three hours, all will have marked abdominal distress and four will die, two of them becoming blind before death. Six will eventually recover, of whom two will be permanently blind. With still larger doses the proportion of death and blindness will be greater.
Page 7 - The treatment of methyl alcohol intoxication consists chiefly in getting rid of the poison from the stomach and intestines by means of the stomach-pump and rectal injections; stimulants, especially ethyl alcohol, strychnine and coffee ; heat to the body and extremities.
Page 8 - Either the manufacture and sale of 'deodorized' or 'purified' wood alcohol should be absolutely prohibited or, as in Germany and Great Britain, an untaxed (grain) ethyl alcohol, or one rendered undrinkable by the addition of mineral oil, wood spirit, naphthalin, or some other nauseous compound should be allowed for use in the arts in the place of Columbian Spirits and similar dangerous preparations. "The fact that the...
Page 5 - In 1904 275 instances of death or blindness (sometimes both) directly traceable to drinking, or inhaling the fumes of "Columbian Spirits" or some other form of "deodorized" wood alcohol were reported in The Journal of the American Medical Association.
Page 12 - Spirits and other dangerous forms of "deodorized" or "purified" makes of wood alcohol poison are still sold in the drug-stores of the United States and Canada. To those who think that poisonous imitations of common or grain alcohol are no longer a menace to...