Acute mercury vapour poisoning is a serious, potentially fatal but fortunately rarely encountered problem. It is most commonly due to industrial accidents. The vapour is a direct respiratory tract irritant as well as a cell poison, exerting its greatest effects in the lungs, nervous system, kidneys and liver. We present a case of mercury vapour poisoning in a shipyard workers presenting as an a...

This article examines rates of nonmedical use and diversion of extended-release amphetamine and extended-release oral methylphenidate in the United States. Prescription dispensing data were sourced from retail pharmacies. Nonmedical use data were collected from the Researched Abuse, Diversion and Addiction-Related Surveillance (RADARS) System Drug Diversion Program and Poison Center Program. Dr...

This paper reports a study of the electronic properties, structural stability and catalytic activity of the W13@Pt42 core-shell structure using the First-principles calculations. The degree of corrosion of W13@Pt42 core-shell structure is simulated in acid solutions and through molecular absorption. The absorption energy of OH for this structure is lower than that for Pt55, which inhibits the p...

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Poisson Arrivals See Time Averages The PASTA property refers to the expected state of a queueing system as seen by an arrival from a Poison process. An arrival from a Poisson process observes the system as if it was arriving at a random moment in time. Therefore, the expected value of any parameter of the queue at the instant of a Poisson arrival is simply the long-run average value of that par...

a sequel of subacute massive hepatitis whether it arises in acute process or insidiously. Glynj1 and Himsworth (1944) and Glynn, Himsworth and Neuberger (1945) have demonstrated experimental rats that the dietetic deficiency sulphur containing amino-acid cystin resulted nj an acute massive hepatic necrosis after a latent period and the survivors of which developed post-necrotic scarring and nod...

Cyanide is both widely available and easily accessible throughout the world. Although the compound is not frequently encountered, it has been used as a poison and contaminant in the past and is a potential terrorist agent. Cyanide has the ability to cause significant social disruption and demands special attention to public health preparedness. It can be obtained from a variety of sources, incl...

Before describing the method I adopt in treating syphilis, it is necessary to consider the state of medical opinion upon the subject. Since syphilis has been recognised as a disease, mercury has been trusted to as the chief remedy. In the present day mercury has been called by some a vital antidote to the syphilitic poison. Dr Farquharson, in a recent work on therapeutics, says of mercury in it...

INTRODUCTION Anticoagulant rodenticides have been used for over 50 years to control rodent populations. Since their first introduction, resistance developed in rodents, and second-generation products, more active but also more toxic, have been marketed. These compounds are currently being reviewed under European Regulations. METHODS The purpose of this work is to describe anticoagulant poison...