FATAL MERCURIALISM DUE TO PROLONGED INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF A MERCURIAL DIURETIC
Authors: M B SIEGEL, A J FRIEDMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Case Reports1 August 1949FATAL MERCURIALISM DUE TO PROLONGED INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF A MERCURIAL DIURETICMAURICE B. SIEGEL, M.D., ALAN J. FRIEDMAN, M.D.MAURICE B. SIEGEL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ALAN J. FRIEDMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-2-343 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe clinical use of organic mercurials to control the edema of congestive heart failure has had widespread clinical application since their introduction a generation ago.1, 2, 3These diuretics have had considerable usage also in the control of edema in the chronic nephritides,3, 4although some point out that their use should be contraindicated because of their nephrotoxic effects.5, 6In the case to be presented, mercupurin was used over a period of several months in doses ranging up to 4 c.c. twice weekly to control the edema of a young diabetic man with the syndrome of Kimmelstiel-Wilson.7The postmortem...Bibliography1. WHITE PD: Heart disease, 3rd ed., p. 783. Google Scholar2. 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