POISONS AND THE NOTABLE CHANGES

Yellow

Picric acid, nitric acid

Bleaching white

Phenol

Ash gray

Mercuric chloride, physostigmine

Deep brown

Bromine

Brown black

Sulphuric acid, iodine, silver nitrate

Bluish gray

Silver salts

Blue

Cyanotics (opium, aniline, sulfides)

Pale bands on fingernails

Arsenic

Boiled lobster-like appearance

Boric acid

Decreased blood coagulability

Heparin, coumarin, benzene, fluorine, phosphorus

Cherry red blood

Carbon monoxide, cyanide

Dark red blood

Nicotine

Chocolate blood

Aniline, nitrates, nitroderivatives (nitrobenzene)

Dark yellow

Picric acid

Yellow brown

Aloe, senna

Odor of violets

Turpentine

Green blue

Phenols, methylene blue

Wine or red brown

Caffeine, lead, mercury, benzene, carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), rifampicin

Blue line gum

Bismuth, lead

Black line gum

Mercury

Loose teeth, bleeding gums

Arsenic, mercury

Violent sneezing

Veratrine, strychnine

Irritation

Sulfur dioxide

Dyspnea, asphyxia

Carbon monoxide

General respiratory depression

Opium, barbiturates, benzodiazepine, cyanide

Shoe polish

Nitrobenzene

Fruity odor

Ethanol, diabetic ketoacidosis, isopropyl alcohol

Garlic odor

Phosphorus, arsenic, organophosphates, DMSO

Mouse urine

Coniine

Stale tobacco

Nicotine

Bitter almonds

Cyanide

Sweet penetrating odor

Chloroform

Oil of wintergreen

Salicylates

Rotten eggs

H2S, SO4

Pears

Chloral hydrate, paraldehyde

Mothballs

Camphor

Purple vision ; bloodshot eyes

Marijuana

Yellow green halos around dark objects

Digitalis

Blurred vision

Anticholinergics

Partial or total blindness

Methanol, formic acid, solanine

Optic neuritis

Ethambutol

Blue green vomitus

Copper, boric acid

Ground coffee vomitus

Sulphuric acid

Luminous vomitus

Phosphorus

Yellow green vomitus

Chromium

Alopecia

Arsenic, thallium

Tinnitus

Salicylates, quinine

Ototoxicity

Aminoglycosides, loop diuretics

Xerostomia

Anticholinergics

Bl*ody sputum

Cadmium

Muscular twitching, loss of voice

Barium (baritosis)

Lock jaw

Strychnine, tetanospasmin

Blister formation

Cantharidin