Anilinum

Authorities. 3, A. L. Carroll, M.D., Phila. Med. Times, April, 1873, p. 419, a woman, aged thirty years, suffering with rheumatic pains in the knees, bandaged them with red flannel ; 4, same, a man wore a glove, the wristband of which was ornamented with a broad stripe of Aniline purple; 5, M. Laboulbene, Gaz. Hebdom., 1876 (Med. Rec., vol. xi, p. 382), effects on workers; 6, M. Bergeron, ibid., effects of fumes on workers; 7, Dr. Murray, Phila. Med. and Surg. Rep., 1877, p. 69, a girl, aged three years and a half, wore a pair of new scarlet stockings for a day; 8, Henry P. Wenzel, ibid., p. 188, Mrs. W., aged sixty-four years, took a teacupful of acetous solution of Aniline.

Mind

Hebetude

Head

Vertigo

After three mouths he began to suffer from vertigo

Eyes

Eyes irritated

Mouth

After three months, bitter taste in mouth

Sexual Organs

After two months he began to complain of pains in the penis and scrotum, and these parts became swollen, and have remained so since. One mouth after these symptoms he began to suffer from loss of sexual power

Generalities

She had intense burning pain at the stomach and in the head, after swallowing it, and she “could not get her breath She took salt and water, but did not vomit until eight hours afterwards, when violent emesis and purgation set in, and continued until I saw her, when she vomited stringy mucus, mixed with blood ; she was almost exhausted. Her extremities were icy cold, and the head cold and clammy ; intense pain on pressure over the stomach, which was hard and enlarged ; tongue pallid in centre, and very smooth and red at the tips and edges; eyes injected, lower lids puffed ; complained of burning pain in the eyes, and said “Oh my head will burst;” hard pulse, 84; temperature 98U ; respiration labored, 44,®.

Sometimes epileptiform attacks, tetanic spasms, etc.,®.

Weakness

Skin

Marked and permanent amaranthine discoloration of the hands, feet, and hair; this discoloration made its appearance since he began to work near the vats, from which acrid Aniline fumes escaped

In the end the workmen fall into a condition of profound anemia, with discoloration of the skin, lilac tint of the lips, anorexia, gastric disturbances, etc.; but this state of affairs is promptly corrected by the respiration of pure air, or tiou forming a complete bracelet about the wrist

Eczematous eruption affecting both knees. There was considerable tumefaction, much redness, and an intolerable itching of the skin ; the condition being that of eczema rubrum

The next day, the left leg was much swollen, covered with small blisters, and presenting a n)mottled appearance, much like castile soap. A day or two afterward the right one became similarly affected

Sleep p. 300

Somnolence