KEROSENE INTOXICATION
Authors: W. B.  DEICHMANN, K. V.  KITZMILLER, S.  WITHERUP, RALPH  JOHANSMANN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 November 1944KEROSENE INTOXICATIONW. B. DEICHMANN, PH.D., K. V. KITZMILLER, M.D., F.A.C.P., S. WITHERUP, B.S., RALPH JOHANSMANN, M.D.W. B. DEICHMANN, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, K. V. KITZMILLER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, S. WITHERUP, B.S.Search for more papers by this author, RALPH JOHANSMANN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-5-803 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptKerosene is a hydrocarbon complex, derived from crude oil or petroleum, used essentially for illuminating and heating purposes. It is composed of fractions of high boiling point (initial 200-350° F., final 500-600° F.) and relatively low volatility, and differs according to the source and consequent composition of the crude oil stocks. These are essentially asphaltic and paraffin-base derivatives, the former containing aromatic and highly unsaturated hydrocarbons. Refining processes usually leave traces of impurities in the finished product. These may be sulfur and nitrogen compounds, caustic alkali, alkaline plumbite solution, organic solvents and adsorbents such as fuller's earth. The kerosenes...Bibliography1. BARBOUR O: Kerosene poisoning, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1926, lxxxvii, 488. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. PRICE JP: Kerosene poisoning in children, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcix, 214. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. HIGGINS JM: Rapidly fatal result in a child from ingestion of kerosene, Pennsylvania Med. Jr., 1932-1933, xxxvi, 526. Google Scholar4. WARING JI: Pneumonia in kerosene poisoning, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1933, clxxxv, 325. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. FARABAUGH CL: Kerosene poisoning, Minnesota Med., 1936, xix, 780. Google Scholar6. NUNNMARTIN JAFM: Gasoline and kerosene poisoning, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, ciii, 472. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cincinnati, Ohio*Received for publication April 17, 1944.From the Kettering Laboratory of Applied Physiology, and Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 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