FATAL IODINE POISONING: A CLINICO-PATHOLOGIC AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
Authors: Reuben Finkelstein, Mendel Jacobi
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 March 1937FATAL IODINE POISONING: A CLINICO-PATHOLOGIC AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDYREUBEN FINKELSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MENDEL JACOBI, M.D.REUBEN FINKELSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, MENDEL JACOBI, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-9-1283 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is noteworthy that although iodine is used so extensively, comparatively few cases of death through its use have been reported in the medical literature. American medical literature, in particular, contains very few references to either fatal or non-fatal iodine poisoning.Up to 1911 Witthause1found in the literature only 31 cases of poisoning by iodine. Reports from the Westend Hospital in Berlin show that during the years 1912 to 1925, of 1838 cases of poisoning only one instance of iodine poisoning is recorded, the patient recovering.2Non-fatal iodine poisoning following the oral administration of iodine-containing dye for gall-bladder visualization...Bibliography1. WEBSTER RW: Legal medicine and toxicology, 1930, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, page 385. Google Scholar2. LESCHKE E: Clinical toxicology (Translated by STEWART, C. P., and DOWER, O.), 1934, William Wood and Co., Baltimore, page 96. Google Scholar3. DAVISROSS KSSG: Iodism following oral administration of gall-bladder dyes, Radiology, 1934, xxii, 371. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. LEJBOWITSCH I: Ein Fall acuter Jodvergiftung, zugleich ein Beitrag zur Jodwirkung, München. med. Wchnschr., 1933, lxxx, 305. Google Scholar5. WEBSTER RW: Legal medicine and toxicology, 1930, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, page 386. Google Scholar6. BASTEDO WA: Materia medica, pharmacology and therapeutics, 3rd Ed., 1932, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, page 646. Google Scholar7. SOLIS-COHENGITHENS STS: Pharmaco-therapeutics, 1928, D. Appleton and Co., New York, page 547. Google Scholar8. Ibid. Page 548. Google Scholar9. JOFFE MJ: Erythema jodicum bullosum haemorrhagicum mit tödlichem Ausgange, Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph., 1931, clxiii, 517. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SNELLSAVIN NWLH: Iodism in which edema glottidis necessitated tracheotomy, Lancet, 1927, i, 759. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. SOLIS-COHENGITHENS STS: Pharmaco-therapeutics, 1928, D. Appleton and Co., New York, page 548. Google Scholar12. SHELLING DH: The parathyroids in health and disease, 1935, C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, page 99. Google Scholar13. PETERS JP: Body water, 1935, Chas. C. Thomas, Springfield, page 260. Google Scholar14. WEIL R: Studies in anaphylaxis. XXI. Anaphylaxis in dogs, Jr. Immunol., 1917, ii, 525. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, New York*Received for publication November 19, 1936.From the Medical and Pathological Departments of the Beth-El Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, and Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City, Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales, Acting Chief Medical Examiner.†Assistant Medical Examiner, City of New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByCombinatorial Study of Heavy Metal and Microbe Interactions and Resistance Mechanism Consort to Microbial SystemIodine nutrition: Disorders, monitoring and policiesAcute Hemolysis Following Iodine Tincture IngestionField Water DisinfectionDeath by oral ingestion of iodineIodine Toxicity and Its AmeliorationResearch Communication: Oral Iodine Toxicity in Chicks Can Be Reversed by Supplemental BromineFatal Iatrogenic Iodine Toxicity in a Nine-Week-Old InfantA review of iodine toxicity reportsMethylene iodide poisoningA Fatal Case of Iodine PoisoningCase Report Increased serum iodide concentration from iodine absorption through wounds treated topically with povidone-iodineRADIATION NEPHROPATHYPOVIDONE-IODINE TOXICITYFACTOR VIII INHIBITOR BYPASSING ACTIVITYCOMPLICATIONS OF POVIDONE-IODINE ABSORPTION IN TOPICALLY TREATED BURN PATIENTSThe Treatment of Acute PoisoningXXXIV Iodism 1 March 1937Volume 10, Issue 9Page: 1283-1296KeywordsOral administration Issue Published: 1 March 1937 PDF DownloadLoading ...