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POISONOUS PLOTS In 1776 a cook in George Washington’s camp overheard a plot to kill General Washington by poisoning his peas. The cook tipped off the General, who quietly ate the rest of his lunch, leaving the peas untouched. The peas were later fed to some chickens, who all died. It is not known what became of the traitor. Imprisoned for years until his death on the island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte was so ill that he was certain he was being poisoned. His doctors scoffed. When he died, they said his death was due to stomach cancer. Years later, the science of toxicology had advanced to the point where researchers were able to analyze his hair for evidence of poison. They found that for weeks before his death, he had regularly been fed arsenic in his meals. TOXIC FISH The most venomous fish is the stonefish. Each of the 13 dorsal spines on the fish carries a dose of neurotoxin powerful enough to kill a full-size shark or a human who touches it. The neurotoxin attacks nerve cells, inhibiting their function. The result is paralysis, which is fatal if the toxin reaches the heart or lungs. Fortunately, the venom can be broken down if heat is applied, which generally involves immersing the affected area in water heated to 113F (45C) for as long as possible. ACCIDENTAL DEATHS Accidental poisonings are the leading cause of deaths in the home. Among children under the age of five, medicines account for 44% of poisonings, followed in frequency by cleaning agents, cosmetics, plants, and paint products. More children are poisoned on Sunday than any other day, possibly because parents are sleeping late and the children are unsupervised. Prime danger hours during the week are between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m., when parents are fixing dinner or otherwise distracted. (continued next page)

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LESSONS LEARNED • A bean with the Latin name of Abrus precatorius is shiny and attractive, being red and black. These beans were regularly used in jewelry and bead work. No one suspected they were poisonous, because a bean that has an unbroken shell will pass through the digestive system without doing any harm. But when holes were drilled through the bean, it provided easy access to the toxin. Children who put the beads in their mouths, or women who wore them on sweaty necks died. Finally the connection was made between the bead and death, and they are no longer used. • In the 1800s hats made from felt were popular. Hat makers had to use mercury when forming the hats, and would breathe mercury vapor and get mercury on their skin. Soon their hands would begin to shake and they would undergo weird personality changes, eventually becoming “mad as a hatter” because of the toxic effects of mercury poisoning. ANTIDOTE ANECDOTE • In 1830 a pharmacist from Paris rose before the members of the French Academy and told them that powdered charcoal was an effective antidote to many poisons of the day. To prove it, he swallowed ten times the amount of strychnine needed to kill a human, and followed it with half an ounce of charcoal. The strychnine would normally have killed him with terrible convulsions immediately, yet he walked away unharmed. For the next century, charcoal, because of its incredibly absorbent nature, was the premiere antidote the world over. In the stomach it absorbs and deactivates alcohol, arsenic, barbiturates, cocaine, digitalis, ipecac, morphine, nicotine, opium, and quinine, among other things. Even today, a poison victim in a modern hospital is often treated with a hemodetoxifier, in which the blood is removed from the body, run through a fancy charcoal filter, then returned to the bloodstream.

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• There are 20 species of poisonous snakes in the U.S., and about 8,000 people are bitten by them each year. Of those, 5 to 10 will die. • There are two kinds of venom, which is a modified saliva. One is a nerve poison that stops the heart and lungs. The other attacks the blood cells and tissues, making the meal easier to digest. Small animals die quickly but large animals are seldom killed. The snake has enzymes in its own stomach that deactivates the poison. Still, if a snake accidentally bites itself, it dies. • Antivenin can provide relief, and generally cuts the hospital stay in half. Antivenin is produced by injecting horses (or sheep, rabbits, and goats) with ever-increasing doses of snake venom. The horse produces antibodies to protect it from the venomous proteins. Blood is then withdrawn from the horse, and those antibodies are separated and harvested. When injected into a human who has suffered a snake bite, the horse antibodies bind to the poison and neutralize it. However, many people have severe reactions when horse proteins are injected into their bodies. It can trigger an allergic reaction known as serum sickness, which is sometimes worse than the snake bite itself. Symptoms can include fever, rashes, nausea, weakness, nerve inflammation, and sometimes permanent muscle atrophy. • Researchers have found that when chickens are injected with venom, their antibodies become concentrated in the yolks of their eggs. It’s easier to extract pure antivenin from egg yolk, and humans are much less likely to suffer allergic reactions to egg proteins than to horse proteins. Researchers hope that this will one day be the method used to treat snake bites worldwide.

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SNAKE BITES (cont’d) • An Australian snake called the taipan is so deadly that there has never been a documented case of anyone surviving a bite. One researcher who milked a single taipan calculated that a single bite would be enough to kill 23,500 mice. The taipan is considered the deadliest snake in the world. • A cobra has enough venom stored in its glands to kill 30 people. The bite of a cobra can kill a man in 15 minutes if the dose is big enough. Weight for weight, cobra venom is 40 times deadlier than cyanide, five times more deadly than the venom of the black widow, and about the same toxicity as scorpion venom. Three drops can be deadly. Cobra venom is especially toxic because it contains a bundle of different poisons: one affects the nerves, one destroys red blood cells, and one paralyzes the muscles. • The deadliest snake in the U.S. is the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, although it ranks #23 on the list of most world’s most toxic snake venoms. • 75% of snake bites in the U.S. are from a rattlesnake. • Rattlesnake venom that has been stored for 50 years still retains its potency. • Worldwide, more people in India die from snake bites every year than any other country, with around 11,000 yearly fatalities annually, accounting for over half of snakebite deaths worldwide. Pakistan comes second with about 8,200 fatalities each year. • Although there are about 50 different kinds of venomous snakes in Australia, 80% of all snakebites in the country come from the eastern brown snake. • Canada has only two species of venomous snakes and both are species of rattlesnake. • The words “venom” and the “-venin” in “antivenin” come from the Latin “venene” meaning potion or poison. Answers on Pg. 8

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Picture-Perfect Pet DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Every time I go onto social media I see pictures and videos of adorable pets doing adorable things. This includes my friends’ pets. But I know from experience that not all of my friends’ dogs and cats are so cute and well-behaved. My worry is that people will see all these cute animals and think taking care of a pet is easy, when it really isn’t. I have two rescue animals, a cat and a dog. They both have health and behavioral issues. Forget about holding still for a picture! What are your thoughts on this socialmedia trend? -- Carol in Saginaw, Michigan DEAR CAROL: I’m honestly not sure that social-media images and videos necessarily give the impression that caring for a pet is easy. Perhaps a few years ago, when not everyone was on Facebook or Instagram, some may have thought owning a dog or cat was an easy task. People post videos and pictures of their families and their pets at their very best (or cutest or funniest) on social media because they’re proud of them. You don’t see a whole lot of videos of baby with an earache, or two ordinarily congenial dogs suddenly snapping at each other, or that day Sparky got worms. Not many of those stressful dramas that make up everyday life make it into a social-media feed. It’s also totally fine to be proud of your pets and not post pictures of them online. You don’t even need a reason. So, be gentle with your friends and their tendency to post tons of awww-inducing moments. It’s more important that those pets are loved and cared for, just as it sounds like you are doing with your two pets. Send your tips, questions or comments to ask@ pawscorner.com.

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