Miscellaneous Poisoning

MISCELLANEOUS  POISONING

5pecial gases

Sewer gas : H₂S  with CO₂  and methane.

Marsh gas →  Methane

War  gases  :

• Tear  gas → (i)  Bromobenzylcyanide  (BBC),  (ii) Chloroacetophenone (CAP)
• Blister gas →:  Mustard  gas (also called Blistering war gas), this results in Orange-skin cornea, and  BAL  (Lewisite)  gas
• Sickening  gas → Diphinyl-amine-chlor-arsine
• Laughing gas → N₂O

Narcoanylasis

• It  is  a test to  detect truth,  by making a person  subconscious.  Drugs  used are sodium  pentothal  (thiopental),  sodium amytal,  sodium  siconal  and scopolamine.
• Few crystals  of ferrous  sulfate  is  added  to  5 ml of the  gastric content.  To  it,  5 drops  of sodium  hydroxide  is  added. The mixture  is  boiled  and  cooled.  To  it, 10  drops  of 10%  hydrochloric  acid  is  added.  Greenish  blue  colour  indicates  cyanide and purplish  colour  indicates  salicylate.

Section  39 CrPC

• A doctor  working in  a  government  setup has  to  inform  the  police all confirmed  and  suspected  cases  of  poisoning-  where as  a private  practitioner  can withhold  information  regarding  suicidal  poisoning  but  not  homicidal.  And  autopsy  is  must in  all cases  of death due to  poisoning.

Rave  drugs

• These  are  the  drugs which are  commonly  abused  in ‘rave  parties’ for  their  euphoric  and  hallucinogenic  properties.  The drugs  are

1. Ectasy (also  called  MDMA,  XTC,  Adam, Hug drug  or love  drug.
2. Gamma-hydroxybutyrate  (liquid  ectasy  or scop  water).
3. Rohypnol  (also called  roofie,  ropes,  races)

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