Slow Arsenic Poisoning
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Slow Arsenic Poisoning is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle during his studies at the Edinburgh University of Medicine (ca. 1876).
Arthur Conan Doyle wrote several poems on specific medical products (Opium, Tartar Emetic, Quinine, Ether, Arsenic, Corrosive Sublimate, Liquor Potassoe, Mercury...). Probably as a mnemonic technique.
Slow Arsenic Poisoning
Vomiting - plenty of stools
Pain in the stomach & bowels
Pulse wiry. Forehead feels stuffy
Eyes are red and are puffy,
The last of the symptoms may seem a
Slight one, and that is eczema.
