--- Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > debbi wrote: > >--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > > > > > Bonus points for those who come up with > > > *legitimate* instances of alcohol or cocaine use > >that promotes > > > > > survival (there are several, but they don't > > > involve addiction either).
> > > Re: alcohol > > > I've also seen a few B movies where the town > drunk escaped being poisoned by > > > something in the drinking water. > > > >If the town drunk drinks _methanol_, thus risking > >blindness and death, > > Though it saved the guy from _The Andromeda Strain_ > . . . I don't remember that - I thought it was baking soda, to alter his blood pH? (but I read that a _long_ time ago!) > >the ER will ply him with whiskey > >or similar spirits to avert Darwinian fate (the VA > >pharmacy used to stock "Everclear" for such > >situations). > > IIRC, the same treatment is used in the case of > someone who has consumed > ethylene glycol antifreeze: the liver tries to > break both down using the > same process, but in the case of ethylene glycol one > of the products is > (IIRC) formaldehyde, which is of course toxic, so > administration of a large > dose of EtOH ties up those receptors processing the > EtOH instead of the ethylene glycol. Yes to the treatment; I think you're right about the other too, but currently experiencing brain implosion (or something like that ;D )... Oh, The Joys Of Sleep-dep Maru :) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
