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The Torture That Ensues Before Death Brings Relief. When a single dose of arsenic in suf ficient quantity to be felt has been r etaken colicky pains, bowel disorder and perhaps nausea result. In the course of an hour after a polyonous dose has been taken all intense burn ing pain to felt in the esophagus and stomach.This spreads to the entire anterior portion of the lower part of the trunk. A sense of constriction at the throat and an acrid, metalile taste accompany the pain. Then vomiting and relaxation of the bowels begin. As the case progresses the symptome |increase in intensity. ‘Then comes ‘ titrate 7 water will not allay, al though “it apparently increases the stomach ‘disturbance. The victio stoand and writhes, Now he implores the doctor to save him, when he begs to be killed And put out of pain, ‘Due extremities become ley, Thy, rules io small, feeble and fre quent, and the breathing so Jatored, cabaret and painful because of abdominal tenderness. ‘The surface of the body” becomes dark and of that bluish color that medical men call oy. An oped! Violent cramps add their tor ture, exhaustion becomes collapse, con vulsions of coma ensues, and death ends the agony. The torture Insta sometimes from five to twenty hours. The one cases these symptom of our, bit in a mertified form, and the doctor will apparently get the better of the ‘itene. ‘The veriion will be but for a day or two. ‘Then the abdomen will swell, and icy coldness will pervade the frame. Shivering will become pro nounced trembling, then cramps, con vulsions and death
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Bluefield Evening Leader
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Fri, Sep 02, 1910
Page 3
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Melissa W.
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