Screams from a Glass Coffin

Abstract

Thanksgiving Day at New Jersey Poison Information and Education System progressed as it had for many years before. Calls from frightened people when they realized they forgot to remove the bag of organs from inside the turkey before baking it. Others asked what temperature and for how long to cook the turkey. All in all things were pretty quiet. The next day was filled with the usual assortment of poison center calls punctuated by those people who thought they may have developed food poisoning from the meal. Although it is never really boring at the poison hotline, the work is often tedious. Things were about to change a bit for the medical director and staff of the poison center.