CHOLECYSTOSTOMY AND CÆCOSTOMY FOR MERCURY BICHLORIDE POISONING

Mercury Bichloride Iatrogenic Poisoning: A Case Report

Introduction: Inorganic mercury intoxication is rare and usually the result of occupational exposure, suicide attempt or accident. This article presents the case of acute poisoning due to peritoneal lavage with mercury bichloride. Case report: A 30 year old woman was operated in order to remove a teratoma from her right ovary. On the second postoperative day she presented ileus, renal failure a...

The Inactivation of Bacteriophage by Mercury Bichloride; the Reactivation of Bichloride-inactivated Phage

1. The inactivation of antistaphylococcus bacteriophage suspended in infusion broth at pH 7.6 and 22 degrees C. by HgCl(2) proceeds according to the equation dP/dt = k [HgCl(2)] [P(o) - P(i)] over the range studied. 2. This inactivation can be reversed by precipitation of Hg(++) with H(2)S. In the present experiments the inactivation was carried out until only some 5 per cent of the initial pha...

The Reversible Inactivation of Bacteriophage by Bichloride of Mercury

1. The complete inactivation of antistaphylococcal phage by HgCl(2) (2.8 per cent for 216 hours) can be reversed by precipitation of Hg(++) with restoration of the phage to its original titre. 2. This behavior seems more compatible with the known properties of certain enzymes than with those of living protoplasm.

[Mercury poisoning].

Certain heavy metals such as mercury, lead, arsenic and cadmium are toxic even in reduced concentrations in blood. Their accumulation in the body causes serious illnesses. The most important heavy metals in human pathology are: mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and lead (Pb). The author mentions the heavy metal sources of poisoning, their toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics, clinical featu...

[Organic mercury poisoning].