Abstract
This case of aconitine poisoning is reported primarily to acquaint physicians with the possibility of its unsuspected occurrence. There are probably other cases of mild and severe aconitine poisoning throughout the United States which are being overlooked. Aconitine is a drug that finds little usefulness nowadays and naturally does not enter the physician's mind. Records of aconitine poisoning in any form are unusual in modern medical literature. In my perusal of the literature back to 1883, I could find only three case reports of aconitine poisoning in man with specific mention of its effect on the heart. There were no recent cases. Also, this is apparently the only case in man in which electrocardiographic records were obtained. REPORT OF CASE E. O., a merchant, aged 31, weighing about 242 pounds (110 Kg.), drank at about 4 p. m. a small amount of whisky which he had purchased a few weeks
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