Unidentified photographer / artist
1860
Bromine

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Published in "Treatise on Medical Jurispridence" by Francis Wharton and Moreton Stille MD (Philadelphia: Kay & Brother, 1860) Book V, Section: 566, p.509
 
The only case on record of fatal poisoning by bromine in man, has been reported by Dr. Sayre, of New York. A. H., aged twenty-four, of good health, and temperate habits, a daguerreotypist by profession, residing in Williamsburgh, near New York, swallowed one ounce, by weight, of bromine, for the purpose of destroying himself. The immediate symptoms, as reported by his medical attendants, were spasmodic action of the muscles of the pharynx and larynx, and great difficulty of respiration. This was soon followed by intense burning heat in the stomach, with great anxiety, restlessness, and trembling of the hands. The pulse was rapid, tense, and corded, and the respiration greatly hurried. The stomach was entirely empty at the time of taking the bromine. Various means were used, unsuccessfully, for his relief, the symptoms above described increased in intensity; the hands and feet became cold, with failure of the pulse, &c, until 2 P. M., when he died, seven and a half hours after taking the poison.
 
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