This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (24)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

HYMAN J. RUBITSKY, M.D.; RALPH M. MYERSON, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1949;83(2):164-178.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

THE RECENT observation of 2 fatal cases of acute phosphorus poisoning prompted an investigation of the incidence of phosphorus as a toxic agent and a review of the literature on the subject. Although at first glance its importance may seem slight, a further study of this condition brings to the foreground its serious nature and menace to the public health.

INCIDENCE

In the ten year period between 1934 and 1943, 14 patients with proved acute phosphorus poisoning were admitted to the Boston City Hospital, 7 of whom died, a mortality rate of 50 per cent. During this same period there were 1,443 admissions due to acute poisoning from other ingestants not including alcohol, with 90 deaths, a mortality rate of 6.2 per cent. Table 1 shows the incidence and mortality of the commonest toxic ingestants listed in order of their frequency. It will be noted that, although accounting for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BOSTON

From the First and Third Medical Services (Tufts), Boston City Hospital.

Footnotes
Dr. Rubitsky was formerly intern, and Dr. Myerson was Chief Resident, First Medical Service, Boston City, Hospital.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?