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Trivia # 169: vodka drip therapy

10 June, 2010
Toxicological trivia from June 10, 2010: Australian doctors in October 2007,  have kept an Italian tourist alive by feeding him vodka through a drip for three days, medical staff in Queensland say. The 24-year-old man, who had swallowed a poison in an apparent suicide attempt, was treated while in a coma. Doctors set up the drip after running out of medicinal alcohol, used as an antidote to the poison. Medical staff said the patient had made a full recovery, and the hangover had worn off by the time he woke up. He had been taken to hospital in the northern Queensland town of Mackay after swallowing:
a) Ethylene glycol;
b) Methanol;
c) Propilenglycol.
 Trivia # 169: vodka drip therapy
Vodka on the rock
Correct answer a. Read more in Spanish article: vodka-therapy. Also in bbc news: Doctors save man with vodka drip
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