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Jerome V. Murphy, MD

JAMA. 1970;212(12):2119-2120.

Abstract
A 16-year-old boy ingested 12 gm of metallic zinc in an attempt to hasten healing of a minor laceration. Lethargy occurred several days after the ingestion, and was accompanied by an elevated zinc concentration in whole blood. Chelation therapy promoted dramatic clinical improvement, and a fall in blood zinc levels.

Author Affiliations
From the Neurology Service and the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to 32 Fruit St, Boston 02114 (Dr. Murphy).

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