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	== Corrosive Sublimate as a Poison ==		== Corrosive Sublimate as a Poison ==

	Now the leading effects, without any fiction,~~<br />~~		<poem>
	Is a nauseous taste and decided constriction~~<br />~~		Now the leading effects, without any fiction,
	In stomach and throat leaves a horrible burning~~<br />~~		Is a nauseous taste and decided constriction
	While the doctor will lose little time in discerning~~<br />~~		In stomach and throat leaves a horrible burning
	A contracted and white sort of state of the tongue~~<br />~~		While the doctor will lose little time in discerning
	Which shows that the drug has its action begun.~~<br />~~		A contracted and white sort of state of the tongue
	The vomit and mucus from fauces comes surging,~~<br />~~		Which shows that the drug has its action begun.
	With pain in the stomach and violent purging~~<br />~~		The vomit and mucus from fauces comes surging,
	While those who may care to examine the shanty,~~<br />~~		With pain in the stomach and violent purging
	Will easily see that the urine is scanty.~~<br />~~		While those who may care to examine the shanty,
	There next may be nervous depression already,~~<br />~~		Will easily see that the urine is scanty.
	The face may be swollen, the pulse may be thready~~<br />~~		There next may be nervous depression already,
	And then though the doctor may work like a trooper,~~<br />~~		The face may be swollen, the pulse may be thready
			And then though the doctor may work like a trooper,
	Death will set in with convulsion and stupor.		Death will set in with convulsion and stupor.
			</poem>

TCDE-Team at 12:50, 13 June 2025

2025-06-13T12:50:23Z

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''Corrosive Sublimate as a Poison'' 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]], [[Slow Arsenic Poisoning|Arsenic]], Corrosive Sublimate as a Poison, [[Actions of Liquor Potassoe|Liquor Potassoe]], [[Mercury]]...). Probably as a mnemonic technique.

== Corrosive Sublimate as a Poison ==

Now the leading effects, without any fiction, 
Is a nauseous taste and decided constriction 
In stomach and throat leaves a horrible burning 
While the doctor will lose little time in discerning 
A contracted and white sort of state of the tongue 
Which shows that the drug has its action begun. 
The vomit and mucus from fauces comes surging, 
With pain in the stomach and violent purging 
While those who may care to examine the shanty, 
Will easily see that the urine is scanty. 
There next may be nervous depression already, 
The face may be swollen, the pulse may be thready 
And then though the doctor may work like a trooper, 
Death will set in with convulsion and stupor.

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* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works|Back to Complete Works]]
* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]

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