THE PHARMACOLOGY OF MERCURY

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A considerable volume of information has been accumulated on the behavior of mercury in the body. Valuable contributions to the pathologic changes produced in the liver, kidney and other organs have also been made by cases of poisoning in man and by experimental studies on animals. Very few reports, however, have appeared on the pharmacologic action of mercury. Dreser1studied the action of various compounds of mercury on the isolated heart. More recently Mueller, Schoeler and Schrauth2reported experiments on the effects of several organic preparations on the circulation and respiration in cats in which injection was made intravenously. During the past year Kleitman and I carried out experiments with compounds of mercury on different animals and on the isolated heart of the frog and turtle. We have also studied the effect of different substances on the action of mercury, giving some attention to its absorption from the

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