Poison In The Cocktail

A very cnrious case recently reported f rom St. Mary's Hospital niay serve as a valuable caution to early risers and to conscientious publicans'. This man, a cab -washer, had eompletely lost the use of his upper extremitíes, while his voice was reduced to the inerest whisper. Ou beiug questioned, he stated that, as he usually finished his work just as the public honses oponed, he always had the very flrst glass of beer or gin that was served in tha niorniug- that is to say, the liquor whick had remained all night in the draw-pipe in contact with lead. His gums showed the well-known blue Hue indicativo of lead poisoning, and other confirmatory symptoms existed which need not be detailed here. fcíonae of the gin which he drank every morning having been proeured aud tested, gave l-430th of a grain per fluid oiuice. He was ultimately cured by tho use of iodide of potassium and galvanic baths.