A CURIOUS POISON.
RECENT CASES IN SCOTLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. London. August 26. Medical investigation has established that the Loch Marco poisonings were due to botulism. A provisional report says that the bacillus botulinis itself is comnarativeIv harmless. Tt likes proteids and dislikes oxygen, therefore tinned foods accidentally inoculated form an ideal medium in which the germ breeds. It may die and in the meantime have generated toxins which affect the nerves of the consumer, causing nausea, weakness. double vision and dilated pupils. The medical research council is specially investigating the subject at Bristol. The report is reassuring and comments on th? rarity of cases. Following the Loch Maree poisonings Lloyd’s underwriters are issuing policies protecting hotelkeepers and restaurantpurs against deaths from the food supplied.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1922, Page 5
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126A CURIOUS POISON. Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1922, Page 5
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