Collapse With Death Following the Use of Amphetamine Sulfate

During the past few years the use of amphetamine sulfate as a stimulating drug has become increasingly widespread. Severe collapse following its use has been reported, but to my knowledge no fatalities have been registered in the medical literature. The public is becoming familiar with it, and its use among students is probably more common than one would think. The following case should serve to emphasize the repeated warnings against its use in fatigue states: REPORT OF CASE E. J. S., a white man aged 25, while writing an examination at Purdue University Jan. 24, 1939, suddenly began to snore loudly. The professor in charge rushed to his side and with the help of several students laid him on the floor, where he continued to snore and make "funny noises" for a few minutes and then ceased to breathe. Dr. O. R. Wilson of the Purdue Health Service was called