PEACH STONE POISON.
A fatal case of poisoning by peach stones, which is noted in the French papers as having recently occurred in Paris should serve as a warping to families in which children qr<? allowed to look after themselves for hours at a time. Probably few adults themselves know how poisonous peach stones are. The victim of a recent accident in Paris secreted the stones of a number of peaches, obtained a hammer, and when left alone, broke them open industriously and ate them y the result being that he was fatally poisoned by hydrocyanic (prussic; acid. Since the peachyseason is now upon us, it is well to explain
what quantity of poison the peach stone posesscs. Writers on toxicology slate that one ounce of the kernels contain about one grain of pure prussic acid, and this quantity, it is well known, is sufficient to kill an adult person. Even two-thirds of a grain has very often proved fatal, and indeed may be regarded ns a fatal dose for any child.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1004, 2 March 1883, Page 4
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