THREE CASES OF POISONING BY POTASSIUM CYANIDE
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The successful treatment of two recent cases of cyanide poisoning.
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
سال: 1905
ISSN: 0002-9629
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-190504000-00015