POISONING BY CAUSTIC SODA

Poisoning by Lunar Caustic

As poisoning by lunar caustic is very rare, and as the following case made a wonderful recovery, I think it is worth publishing in detail. One day in September last, I prescribed for one of my patients (an old man who had been suffering for a long time from extensive sloughing of the scrotum, which was considerably hyperti'ophiod) a nitrate of silver lotion for external use only. After writing ...

The larynx and caustic soda ingestion.

Pneumothorax following inhalation of caustic soda fumes.

new family home. He accidentally leant over the bucket and inhaled the fumes produced by the solution. Five minutes after the inhalation, he developed persistent pleuritic, right-sided chest pain and breathlessness. There was no personal or family history of pulmonary disease, and he had never smoked. Physical abnormalities were confined to the chest. He had a respiratory rate of 30 a minute an...

Regeneration of Caustic Soda Etch Solutions for Aluminum

A system for the regeneratlon of caustic soda solutlons used In etching aluminum Invokes the hydrolysis of sodium aluminate to llberate free sodium hydroxide and produce a dry, crystalllne hydrated alumlna byproduct. The system has been used extenslvely In Japan, and, by adjusting process parameters, can be adapted to North American practice. By otlllting the system in a typical plant, soild ai...

An acute fatality from suicidal caustic soda ingestion complicated by stab wound penetrating the stomach.

Acute death from caustic ingestion is uncommon. We report an autopsy case of acute fatality from suicidal ingestion of a liquid caustic soda solution with peritoneal leakage due to a stab wound to the stomach. The victim was a 58-year-old man, who died about 1 h after being transported to a hospital emergency care unit. There were corrosive erosions around the mouth and a stab wound in the lowe...