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White Lightning: Prohibition-era poison still found in prison
Season 1
Episode 15
Published 2 years, 10 months ago
Description
Illicit alcohol that can steal a person’s sight. Prison rules designed to prevent homemade fermentation. And a Prohibition-era policy that made contaminated liquor even deadlier.
Your patient. Your diagnosis. Your decision.
An interactive medical toxicology case involving adulterated alcohol, severe metabolic acidosis, visual injury, delayed diagnosis, dialysis, and competitive-antidote therapy.