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A1 Padberg LR, Martin T
T1 THree fatal cases of sodium nitrite poisoning
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD November 4
VO 113
IS 19
SP 1733
OP 1733
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.72800440003010a
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.72800440003010a
AB Sodium nitrite and other inorganic nitrites are used mainly in the manufacture of dyestuffs and more recently as anticorrosives in automobile anti-freeze mixtures. Inorganic nitrites are rarely encountered as the cause of human poisoning. It is therefore considered of value to report the following cases:Three white men, J. N., aged 55, T. H., aged 65, and A. K., aged 70, were inmates of a cheap lodging house near the river front, the location of several wholesale chemical companies, one of which is a large distributor of sodium nitrite. Oct. 27, 1938, at about noon these three men were observed preparing a meal consisting of "beef stew" in the room of J. N. Four hours later the landlady of the house saw A. K. staggering down the stairs; when he reached the bottom he collapsed without making a statement. The landlady stated that the man's face was very pale and