His name was Dr. Bastien.
The Bastien Treatment.
A French physician, Dr. P. Bastien, has developed a new treatment for Amanita poisoning. It has three parts:
(1) intravenous injections of 1 gram vitamin C twice a day;
(2) two capsules of nifuroxazide three times a day;
(3) two tablets of dihydrostreptomycin three times a day.
The treatment is supplemented by measures to control fluid and electrolyte balance, and by penicillin.Bastien successfully treated 15 cases of A. phalloides poisoning between 1957 and 1969. In 1974 he ate 65 grams of A. phalloides and survived. In 1981 he ate 70 grams of A. phalloides and again successfully treated himself. It is reported that the Bastien treatment is now used throughout France, where it saves the lives of all those whose treatment has not been delayed until massive liver and kidney damage has occurred. This method should obviously be widely publicized and tested in North America.
Interesting that he would use antibiotics since they are metabolized and excreted by the liver and kidneys, which are already being damaged by the mushroom toxins - I would think he would more likely build up toxic levels of the antibiotics!
Apparently the treatment must be started before the second critical stage sets in, and many people might be more embarrassed than frightened by the first stage - I am so stupid, and I have diarrhea, they think. Oh good, I’m feeling better, well, I’ll stay away from THAT mushroom in the future.