RUSH CALL FOR PHYSICIANS
WHOLESALE PTOMAINE POISON. RESULT OF PICNIC LUNCHEON. New York, Feb. 20. Reports from Elkton (South Dakota) state that emergency calls were sent, to physicians to rush from neighbouring towns to aid over 250 persons who were seriously ill of ptomaine poisoning, which was apparently caused by poisoned food served at a farm auction luncheon. Hot meat and sandwiches had been packed in airtight containers, in which the food was tainted by steam and gases which could not escape. The hospitals were filled with sufferers. The physicians said that many were in agony and at least 20 Were in danger of death. The doctors for a considerable time were unable to determine the cause of the poisoning. It was believed that the illness was due to poisoned liquor, but when the cause was discovered the prompt, administration of soda bicarbonate and warm water apparently saved many from more serious injury.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1931, Page 9
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