Carbon Monoxide: An Ancient Silent Enemy

Initially it was thought that the men died of exposure, starvation, or scurvy, but there was still fuel and lots of food on board, and these conditions do not cause death all at once. K_J_McPike (Accessed May 23, 2024)] Chronic or occult CO poisoning is also referred to as the "winter flu"...

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Published in:Forensic science review 2024-07, Vol.36 (2), p.93-97
Main Author: Wigmore, James G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon monoxide
Coal
Fires
Gothic fiction
Hallucinations
Immunization
Poisoning
Poisons
Suicides & suicide attempts
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Summary:Initially it was thought that the men died of exposure, starvation, or scurvy, but there was still fuel and lots of food on board, and these conditions do not cause death all at once. K_J_McPike (Accessed May 23, 2024)] Chronic or occult CO poisoning is also referred to as the "winter flu" as its symptoms arc very similar to the flu, and it tends to occur in winter, when the doors and windows arc closed and the potential sources of CO such as furnaces, fireplaces, and water heaters arc on. Gothic Horror "...all of us would have been dead in a few minutes by carbonic oxide [CO] gas poisoning generated by the presence of burning coal in a closed room and the laymen would have ascribed our deaths to ghosts and legends of haunted houses У [11] "Every society has ancient myths of demons who come on cold nights to take the lives ofthey oung and elderly. Poorly ventilated charcoalfres lead to heart disease, mental health problems and death."
ISSN:1042-7201