strychnine and Mercury-Poisoning

Topics: Animals; Anura; Arsenic Poisoning; Botulism; Cat Diseases; Cats; Central Nervous System Diseases; Dog Diseases; Dogs; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; Insecticides; Lead Poisoning; Mercury Poisoning; Organophosphorus Compounds; Plant Poisoning; Polyneuropathies; Strychnine; Tetanus; Thallium; Theobromine; Tick Paralysis

Topics: Acetaminophen; Animals; Arsenic Poisoning; Aspirin; Benzoates; Bismuth; Cat Diseases; Cats; Chloramphenicol; Dichlorvos; Diuresis; Ethylene Glycols; Fuel Oils; Gastric Lavage; Griseofulvin; Hexachlorophene; Insecticides; Lead Poisoning; Mercury Poisoning; Methylene Blue; Morphine; Pentobarbital; Phenacetin; Phenols; Plant Poisoning; Rodenticides; Strychnine; Vitamin A

In this paper, 14 cases on poisoning death caused by illegal quackery were analyzed. The results indicated that the causes and routes of poisoning were various, and that there were three kinds of poisoning types in illegal quackery. Main points of forensic identification were pointed out. In addition, some medical and administrative measures and possible measures were also investigated. The authors suggest that measures as above are of great importance for preventing similar poisoning and improving forensic identification.

Topics: Aconitine; Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Female; Forensic Medicine; Humans; Male; Materia Medica; Mercury Poisoning; Middle Aged; Nostrums; Quackery; Strychnine

Topics: Alcohols; Antimony; Arsenic Poisoning; Barbiturates; Bismuth; Bromides; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; Child; Coloring Agents; Humans; Indicators and Reagents; Iron; Kerosene; Lead Poisoning; Mercury Poisoning; Methods; Parathion; Phenothiazines; Poisoning; Quinidine; Quinine; Salicylates; Strychnine; Sulfanilamides