HUMAN THALLOTOXICOSIS
- 9 June 1934
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 102 (23) , 1929-1934
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1934.02750230023007
Abstract
In connection with an outbreak of thallium poisoning in California1the question arose regarding the frequency of human thallium poisoning. General reviews of the pharmacology of thallium,2as well as a number of scattered articles, have reported only single or a few cases. In the preparation of this compilation, efforts have been made to consult original articles publishedprior to January 1934. Reports in the literature are difficult to evaluate, since general statements regarding numbers of patients may include specific cases recorded by other writers. POISONING FROM INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE Following the original reports of Crookes in 1861 and of Lamy in 1863, thallium has been obtained from various ores, and from the flue dust of plants roasting pyrites or raw sulphur in manufacturing sulphuric acid.2bPrussian plants handling thallium answered questionnaires regarding industrial poisonings sent by Buschke3at the request of the minister of health.Keywords
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- Thallium-StrychninvergiftungInternational journal of legal medicine, 1927