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ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF POISON IN CHILDHOOD
Author(s) -
Grigor W. G.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1960.tb87098.x
Subject(s) - accidental , citation , medicine , library science , computer science , physics , acoustics
Petroleum products (mainly kerosene) .. .. Turpentine Lead.. .. .. .. }ldlble medicines, commonest: Carblturates .. Sulphonamides .. Belladonna alkaloids Aspirin .. Digitalis .. Laxatives Ferrous salts . . . . Insecticides and herbicides .. Other: Phosphorus Caustic soda Eucresol .. .. .. Strychnine and arsenic tablets .. 5. I have spoken personally to the parents of many children admitted to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children because of .the accidental ingestion of toxic substances, and one point above all others' has impressed me. Practically all these parents have told me how careful they are to protect the child from· exposure to toxic substances; it would seem impossible for the child to ever get hold of such substances,' and yet it has happened. This serves to empbasize how unreliable it is to accept uncritically the parents' words on this subject without an unbiased observer actually visiting the house.