Arsenic Poisoning

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To the Editor: An investigation of arsenic-related deaths and poisonings in Minnesota aroused our concern regarding a source of arsenic commonly found on the grocery shelf. We became interested in this problem as a result of a case in which a patient was selfadministering arsenic for the purpose of creating and maintaining a state of chronic invalidism. This 57-year-old unemployed man was admitted to the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center in April 1977 with symptoms of severe abdominal cramping, diarrhea, and pancytopenia. With improvement of the gastrointestinal symptoms came an increase in acroparesthesia and gait difficulty. Serial examinations revealed . . .

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