ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1983
Page Count: 4

A Case of Suicide Involving the Concomitant Intravenous Injection of Barbital and Oral Ingestion of Arsenic
Poklis, A
Associate professor, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO

Gantner, GE
Professor, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO

Graham, MA
Assistant professor, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO

Mackell, MA
Clinical instructor, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO

(Received 17 April 1982; accepted 13 May 1982)

Abstract

A case of suicide involving the intravenous injection of barbital and the oral ingestion of arsenic trioxide is reported. The pathologic and toxicologic findings are discussed.

Keywords:
toxicology, barbiturates, arsenic, poisoning, toxicologic analysis, thin-layer chromatography

Paper ID: JFS12259J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12259J
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