• DOI:10.1177/096032718300200211
Corpus ID: 21965711

Acute Voluntary Intoxication by Ricin

@article{Kopferschmitt1983AcuteVI,
  title={Acute Voluntary Intoxication by Ricin},
  author={J. Kopferschmitt and F. Flesch and A. Lugnier and P. Sauder and A. Jaeger and J. Mantz},
  journal={Human and Experimental Toxicology},
  year={1983},
  volume={2},
  pages={239 - 242}
}

J. Kopferschmitt, F. Flesch, +3 authors J. Mantz

Published 1983

Medicine

Human and Experimental Toxicology

1 A 21 year-old student ingested thirty ricin seeds in a suicidal attempt, some of which were masticated. Three hours later he developed severe diarrhoea with vomiting and abdominal cramps, followed by extracellular dehydration and circulatory collapse. 2 Biological changes included haemoconcentration. He recovered following symptomatic treatment by infusion of saline and glucose solutions. 3 Ricin was quantified by a radioimmunologic method using Iodine 125, and showed that only a small part… CONTINUE READING

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