THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE MERCURIC CHLORIDE POISONING
Authors: Edgar Hull, Louis A. Monte
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 July 1935THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE MERCURIC CHLORIDE POISONINGEDGAR HULL, M.D., LOUIS A. MONTE, M.D.EDGAR HULL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LOUIS A. MONTE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-1-54 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1915 Lambert and Patterson1 proposed a method of treatment for bichloride poisoning, designed primarily to accelerate the excretion of mercury from the body. Since that time the gradual acquisition of knowledge concerning this intoxication has led to innovations in its therapy. Various workers have from time to time advocated procedures designed to prevent certain of the toxic effects of mercury, and to combat certain of the physiologic disturbances occasioned by its presence in the body.Naturally, a large part of the investigations in the therapy of mercury poisoning has centered about the search for chemical antidotes, which would prevent...References1. LAMBERTPATTERSON SWHS: Poisoning by mercuric chloride and its treatment, Arch. Int. Med., 1915, xvi, 865-879. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WILMS JH: Calcium sulphide as the chemical and clinical antidote for mercuric chloride poisoning, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1917, ii, 445-458. Google Scholar3. CARTER TA: Mercuric chloride poisoning, Chicago Med. Rec., 1914, xxxvi, 444-460. Google Scholar4. FANTUSHYATT BEG: Antidotes in mercuric chloride poisoning, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1917, ii, 813-818. Google Scholar5. 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