Acute Mercurial Intoxication Treated by Hemodialysis
Authors: LUIS SANCHEZ-SICILIA
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1963)

Article1 November 1963Acute Mercurial Intoxication Treated by HemodialysisLUIS SANCHEZ-SICILIA, M.D., DUDLEY S. SETO, M.D., SATORU NAKAMOTO, M.D., WILLEM J. KOLFF, M.D.LUIS SANCHEZ-SICILIA, M.D., DUDLEY S. SETO, M.D., SATORU NAKAMOTO, M.D., WILLEM J. KOLFF, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-59-5-692 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe availability of bichloride of mercury makes it a convenient, though not a pleasant, way of committing suicide or homicide. Accidental poisoning occurs, although each tablet is clearly labeled "poison" on one side and marked with a death's head on the other.Formerly, death of persons having acute mercurial poisoning was caused by uremia (1-4) sometimes in spite of intensive medical care. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cleveland, OhioFrom the Department of Artificial Organs, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.This work was benefited by support from the John A. Hartford Foundation's dialyses program for chronic uremia.Presented in part at the Tri-state American College of Physicians Meeting, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, November 2-3, 1962.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Willem J. Kolff, M.D., Department of Artificial Organs, Cleveland Clinic, 2020 East 93rd Street, Cleveland 6, Ohio. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByMercuric chloride poisoning: symptoms, analysis, therapies, and autoptic findings. 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