1979
DOI: 10.1016/s0361-1124(79)80299-3
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Strychnine intoxication

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“…In dogs, cats, horses and human beings it has been reported that, five to 15 minutes after ingestion, the absorption of strychnine is followed by nervousness, tenseness of muscles, trembling, extension spasms, tetanic seizures, opisthotonus, convulsions, dyspnoea, respiratory paralysis, mydriasis, cyanosis, signs of pain, hyperthermia, exhaustion, lactic acidosis and rhabdomyolysis (Boyd and others 1983, Smith 1990). Thereafter, hypoxia and lactic acidosis may result in organ failure, particularly after rhabdomyolysis (Gordon and Richards 1979, Palatnick and others 1997). As a result of the spasms, many animals poisoned by strychnine die in a state of exhaustion.…”
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“…In dogs, cats, horses and human beings it has been reported that, five to 15 minutes after ingestion, the absorption of strychnine is followed by nervousness, tenseness of muscles, trembling, extension spasms, tetanic seizures, opisthotonus, convulsions, dyspnoea, respiratory paralysis, mydriasis, cyanosis, signs of pain, hyperthermia, exhaustion, lactic acidosis and rhabdomyolysis (Boyd and others 1983, Smith 1990). Thereafter, hypoxia and lactic acidosis may result in organ failure, particularly after rhabdomyolysis (Gordon and Richards 1979, Palatnick and others 1997). As a result of the spasms, many animals poisoned by strychnine die in a state of exhaustion.…”
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