Ages, 0-1 1-5 5-15 15-25 25-65 65 and Total above Males, 2 39 13 5 83 8 150 Females, 2 21 7 13 51 7 101 ------------------------------------------- Totals, 4 60 20 18 134 15 251 ------------------------------------------- SUICIDE. Ages, 15-25 25-65 65 and Total above Males, 26 186 7 219 Females, 72 194 5 271 ---------------------------- Totals, 98 380 12 490 ---------------------------- Falck has collected, since the year 1868, no less than 87 cases of poisoning from carbolic acid recorded in medical literature. In one of the cases the individual died in nine hours from a large dose of carbolate of soda; in a second, violent symptoms were induced by breathing for three hours carbolic acid vapour; in the remaining 85, the poisoning was caused by the liquid acid. Of these 85 persons, 7 had taken the poison with suicidal intent, and of the 7, 5 died; 39 were poisoned through the medicinal use of carbolic acid, 27 of the 39 by the antiseptic treatment of wounds by carbolic acid dressings, and of these 8 terminated fatally; in 8 cases, symptoms of poisoning followed the rubbing or painting of the acid on the skin for the cure of scabies, favus, or psoriasis, and 6 of these patients died. In 4 cases, carbolic acid enemata, administered for the purpose of dislodging ascarides, gave rise to symptoms of poisoning, and in one instance death followed. The substitution of carbolic acid for medicine happened as follows:-- Cases. Taken instead of Tincture of Opium, 1 „ „ Infusion of Senna, 3 „ „ Mineral Water, 2 „ „ other Mixtures, 3 „ inwardly instead of applied outwardly, 3 -- 12 Of these 12, 8 died. Again, 10 persons took carbolic acid in mistake for various alcoholic drinks, such as schnapps, brandy, rum, or beer, and 9 of the 10 succumbed; 17 persons drank carbolic acid simply “by mistake,” and of these 13 died. Thus, of the whole 85 cases, no less than 51 ended fatally--nearly 60 per cent.