Merry Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 330
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 330 Christmas edition - Just when you thought your brain could unwind, enter the medical trivia of FFFF.
Tag Arsenic Poisoning
Rudolf Adriaan Mees
Rudolf Adriaan Mees (1873-1964) was a Dutch psychiatrist and physician. Described Mees lines in acute arsenic poisoning (1919)
Ernest Septimus Reynolds
Ernest Septimus Reynolds (1861 - 1926) was an English physician.
Charles J. Aldrich
Charles John Aldrich (1861 - 1908) was an American neurologist.
Arsenic Poisoning
Arsenic is often used as a rat poison; it causes glove and stocking paraesthesia, scaly skin and garlic breath. I thought it was fun drawing a sexy rat with garlic breath...
Little Willie the Poisoner
The ‘Little Willy‘ is a genre of short poems with an obscure origin but almost certainly inspired by, or inspired, the ‘Ruthless Rhymes‘ of ‘Harry’ Graham.
Arsenic toxicity
Firstly, lets dispel a myth, organic arsenoids found in seafood are non-toxic. Other pathways to toxicity include the chronic exposure usually following the ingestion of artesian water. Subacute from industrial accidents, food contamination or arsenic-containing herbal medicines.