EQUILIBRIUM IN THE SYSTEM: UREA, METHYL ALCOHOL

An Epidemiologic Study on Methyl Alcohol Poisoning in Tehran, Iran

Background: In Iran, methyl alcohol poisoning rarely occurs accidentally and usually occurs through abuse of contaminated ethanol. However, with proper and timely treatment complications and mortality of methanol poisoning can be prevented. In this study, the epidemiological profile of methanol poisoning in the Iranian society was investigated. Methods: In this prospective cross-sectional study...

The Equilibrium between Oxygen and Hemoglobin in Concentrated Urea Solution

The dissociation of the horse hemoglobin molecule into 2 half molecules in 4 M urea solutions has been well established (16). The effect of concentrated urea on the equilibrium between oxygen and hemoglobin has, however, not been determined. The present experiments const.itute a study of this equilibrium. The reaction between oxygen and hemoglobin is best described if it is assumed that 4 molec...

[Methyl alcohol poisoning].

Methyl , alcohol STUART

The clinical presentation of methyl alcohol intoxication in humans may va ry from one ext reme which mimics an intracranial catastrophe to a more subtle picture which may consist only of vague constitutional symptoms and a mild visual disturbance. When many patients with similar complaints and physical findings arrive at a hospital emergency room within a short space of time, it is not difficul...

Acute Methyl Alcohol Poisoning

Dec. 7, 1934, the coroner's office of Multnomah County, Ore., was he ^,t called on to investigate the death of a man who died from so-called s J' denatured or "dehorn" alcohol poisoning. The death of this man was followed in dramatic and rapid succession by the deaths of twenty-one oth ers in the two succeeding days. All of these victims were known to law enforcement officers as having an addic...