Biological oxidation of methanol and ethanol in the body produces the corresponding
aldehyde followed by the acid At times the alcoholics, by mistake, drink ethanol,
mixed with methanol also called denatured alcohol In the body, methanol is oxidised
first to methanal and then to methanoic acid, which may cause blindness and
death A methanol poisoned patient is treated by giving intravenous infusions of
diluted ethanol