Experiment 1256301
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Petroselinum crispum (APIACEAE) |
| Citation | HERMANN,K: LE ROUX,A: FIDDES,FS:. (1956). DEATH FROM APIOL USED AS AN ABORTIFACIENT.. 1956() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | DEATH ATTRIBUTED TO INGESTION OF APIOL IS ALLEGED (IN THE YEAR 1956). A 21-YEAR OLD WOMAN,MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN AGED 21 MOS AND 11 MOS,WAS ADMITTED UNCONSCIOUS FROM ANOTHER HOSPITAL ON JULY 22,1955. THE PATIENT'S HUSBAND HAD LEFT HER IN APPARENTLY NORMAL CONDITION AT 6 P.M. THE PREVIOUS DAY WHEN HE RETURNED AT 9 P.M. HE FOUND HER LYING UNCONSCIOUS FACE-DOWN ON THE FLOOR, A DOUCHE CAN CONTAINING A SOAPY SOLUTION AND A SYRINGE BESIDE HER. THERE WAS NO UNEQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE THAT SHE HAD ACTUALLY USED THESE. SHE HAD VOMITED AT 11:15 P.M. THE SAME NIGHT BEFORE BEING ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. SHE WAS ABOUT 5 MONTHS PREGNANT. THERE WAS A SLIGHTLY BLOODSTAINED DISCHARGE FROM THE VAGINA:THE EXTERNAL OS OF THE UTERUS WAS CLOSED. URINE OBTAINED BY CATHETER CONTAINED A TRACE OF ALBUMIN. THE STOMACH WAS WASHED OUT:NOTHING ABNORMAL WAS FOUND IN THE CONTENTS. THE NEXT DAY THE TEMPERATURE HAD RISEN TO 101.8 F.,LARGE DOSES OF PENICILLIN WERE ADMINISTERED. DURING THE DAY SHE REMAINED UNCONSCIOUS AND EXHIBITED TWITCHINGS OF THE LEFT UPPER LIMB. INTERCEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE OR AIR-EMBOLISM FOLLOWING A MECHANICAL ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE ABORTION WAS SUSPECTED. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT NIGHT THE PATIENT HAD A COMPLETE SPONTANEOUS ABORTION AND TEMPERATURE RETURNED TO NORMAL. ASCENDING NEURONITIS OF THE LANDRY TYPE DUE TO APIOL POISONING WITH TOXIC COMA AND CONVULSIONS WAS TENTATIVELY DIAGNOSED. SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT WAS APPLIED,BUT THE PATIENT DIED 84 HOURS AFTER SHE HAD BEEN FOUND,WITHOUT REGAINING CONCIOUSNESS AFTER HER DEATH,THE PATIENT'S HUSBAND ADMITTED THAT HE HAD SEEN "BLACK PILLS" LIKE "BEECHAM'S PILLS" IN THE VOMITED MATTER. A NEIGHBOR HAD CLEANED THE FLOOR AFTER THE PATIENT'S REMOVAL TO THE HOSPITAL AND NO PILLS OR CONTAINER WERE FOUND IN THE HOUSE. POST-MORTEM FINDINGS ARE PRESENTED. A DISCUSSION OF TOXIC SYMPTOMS DUE TO "APIOL" INGESTION WAS INCLUDED. |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN(PREGNANT) |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ESSENTIAL OIL |