A CASE REPORT OF GASOLINE SNIFFING

Abstract

In comparing the 4 cases, it is apparent that gasoline sniffing over a prolonged period need not necessarily produce serious organic damage. Pleasant hallucinations appear to be a reward for sniffing gasoline. In two cases, a feeling of omnipotence and omniscience was clearly reported to be an important effect of gasoline sniffing. Gasoline sniffing may tend to occur in a child with the psychodynamics of a manic.