Quinine
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Quinine 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.
Quinine
In ears a sound, in eyes a flash,
Vomit, headache, nausea, rash,
Thirst, no hunger, heart goes slower,
Then if he goes and swallows more,
He'll die from cardiac paralysis,
Shown by post mortem analysis.
