RT Journal
A1 Zwillinger LL
T1 MAgnesium sulfate in paroxysmal tachycardia
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD April 1
VO 112
IS 13
SP 1281
OP 1281
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800130065025
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800130065025
AB To the Editor:— 
    In The Journal, Dec. 17, 1938, page 2275, is a discussion by William Dressler on the use of magnesium sulfate in paroxysmal tachycardia. In Klinische Wochenschrift (14:1429 [Oct. 5] 1935) was reprinted my research: Ueber die Magnesiumwirkung auf das Herz (The Influence of Magnesium Sulfate on the Heart). This paper was abstracted in The Journal, Nov. 23, 1935, page 1727. I was the first to report the use of magnesium sulfate in paroxysmal tachycardias and ventricular fibrillation. About the same time was published an experimental study on the effect of magnesium on tachycardia produced by barium and strophanthin (Rothberger, C. J., and Zwillinger, L.: Ueber die Wirkung von Magnesium auf die Strophantin- und die Barium-tachycardie, Ach. f. exper. Path. u. Pharmakol.181:301, 1936). Dr. Dressler learned this use of magnesium sulfate from me in Vienna. Therefore I was astonished to read that he did not