Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1879 — Poisoned by Nicotine. [ARTICLE]

Poisoned by Nicotine.

Parisian, A rather unusual case of nicotine poisoning occurred lately in a Parisian suburb. The victim, a man in the prime of life, had been cleaning his pipe with a clasp knife; with this he accidentally cut one of his fingers subsequently, out as the wound was of a trivial nature he paid no heed to it. Five or six hour later, however, the cut finger grew painful and became much swollen; the inflammation rapidly spread to the arm and shoulder, the patient suffering such intense .pain that he was obliged to betake himself to his bed. Medical assistance was called in, aud ordinary remedies applied ineffectually. The sick man, questioned as to the manner In which he had cut himself, explained the use to which the pocket-knife had been applied, adding that he had omitted to wipe it after cleaning bis pipe. The apparent mystery which surrounded the case was thus cleared up, and, as the patient’s state had become alarming, he was conveyed to the hospital. Upon his admission the doctors attached to the institution declared that In the Immediate amputation of the arm lay the only hope of saving the patient’s life;. The poisoned member was therefore amputated; but, in spite of the promptitude with which the operation was performed, the man lies, in so precarious a condition that the chances of his recovery are said to be slight.