THE INORGANIC ELEMENT CONTENT OF CERTAIN HUMAN TISSUES
Authors: G C GRIFFITH, E M BUTT, J WALKER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 September 1954THE INORGANIC ELEMENT CONTENT OF CERTAIN HUMAN TISSUESGEORGE C. GRIFFITH, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD M. BUTT, M.D., JOSEPH WALKER, M.D.GEORGE C. GRIFFITH, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD M. BUTT, M.D., JOSEPH WALKER, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-3-501 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to point out the average content of certain inorganic elements in human tissues by the study of material from 910 autopsied patients; second, to suggest that some, if not all, of these elements may be micronutrients which play a rôle in the enzyme systems of the body; and third, to determine whether the mercurial diuretics are harmful to the human kidney.Although the rôles of certain inorganic elements in the enzyme systems of the body—iron, for example— are understood fairly well, the functions of other metals have remained relatively obscure. Even when...Bibliography1. ButtNusbaumGilmourDi Dio EMRETCSL: The use of the emission spectroscope for the study of inorganic elements in human tissues, Am. J. Clin. Path. 24: 385 (Apr.) 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. SmithYeagerKaufmanHovorkaKinney ILENFTD: Application of emission spectroscopy to medical problems. I. Spectrographic techniques, Arch. Path. 52: 321-331, 1951. Google Scholar3. SmithKaufmanYeagerHovorkaKinney ILNEFTD: Application of emission spectroscopy to medical problems. II. A survey of typical applications, Arch. Path. 52: 332-349, 1951. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Presented as a Morning Lecture at the Thirty-fifth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 7, 1954.From the Departments of Cardiology and Pathology, University of Southern California School of Medicine and the Los Angeles County Hospital.This research was carried on under generous grants from the U. S. Public Health Service and Lakeside Laboratories, Inc. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byICP-MS Multi-Elemental Analysis of the Human Meninges Collected from Sudden Death Victims in South-Eastern PolandCorrelations Between Trace Elements in Selected Locations of the Human Brain in Individuals with Alcohol Use DisorderAssessment of trace elements in human brain using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometryTrace Elements in Human Body Fluids and TissuesMercury Burden of Human Autopsy Organs and TissuesMercury in ManCopper Content and Exchange in Mammalian HeartsTissue composition of major and trace elements in uremia and hypertensionSimultaneous determination of nine elements in some tissues of the rat using neutron activation analysisIron, copper, and zinc in rat brainConcentration of Zinc in Some Hard and Soft Tissues of Rat Determined by Neutron Activation AnalysisQuecksilberhaltige DiureticaPathomorphologische Veranderungen im Gehirn bei experimenteller chronischer ManganvergiftungAbsorption and Excretion of Mercury in ManConcentration of 17 elements in subcellular fractions of beef heart tissue determined by neutron activation analysisTrace Elements in Human Myocardial Infarction Determined by Neutron Activation AnalysisConcentration of 24 Trace Elements in Human Heart Tissue Determined by Neutron Activation AnalysisRadiochemical recovery studies of a separation scheme for 23 elements in biological materialAccumulation and Retention of Mercury in the MouseNachweis einer geringen Quecksilbermenge in nativem formolfixiertem delipidiertem Nierengewebe und Bedeutung gleichzeitiger Bestimmung lipidischer BestandteileThe long term management of hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease)The Liver in Wilson's DiseaseIONS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO HEART MUSCLE: A GENERAL SURVEY OF ION CONCENTRATIONTHE PHARMACOLOGY OF MERCURY AND ITS COMPOUNDSRENAL TOLERANCE TO LONG-TERM ADMINISTRATION OF ORGANOMERCURIAL DIURETICSMASSIVE DOSES OF MERCURIAL DIURETICS IN REFRACTORY PATIENTSREACTIONS TO THE ORGANOMERCURIAL COMPOUNDSLONG-TERM ORAL MERCURIAL DIURETIC THERAPY IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILUREZur Prognose der Hepatitis 1 September 1954Volume 41, Issue 3Page: 501-509KeywordsDiureticsEnzymesHospital medicineKidneysMedical servicesMicronutrients ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...