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REPORT OF A CASE

EARL R. LEHNHERR, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1935;56(1):98-104.

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The dangers of carbon tetrachloride and its popularity in commercial preparations have been stressed recently.¹ Many cases of industrial and accidental poisoning have been reported,² but laboratory data on actual cases comparable to those available from experimental studies on animals is still lacking.³ The case reported here is presented to illustrate the important changes in the plasma lipids observed in a case of severe damage to the liver.

REPORT OF A CASE

History.

—An unemployed white man 38 years old, for eight years accustomed to drink about 2 pints (946.3 cc.) of ethyl alcohol once or twice weekly, was admitted to the Boston City Hospital eight hours after drinking 4 or 5 ounces (118 to 148 cc.) of pure carbon tetrachloride mistaken for ethyl alcohol.

There was no untoward reaction for three hours; then vomiting occurred immediately after eating, followed by intermittent periods of mental cloudiness and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BOSTON

From the Laboratory for Surgical Research of the Boston City Hospital.

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