Citation

Dodd KATHARINE, Minot ANNS, Arena JAYM. Am. J. Dis. Child. (1911) 1937; 53(6): 1435-1446.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1937, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/archpedi.1937.04140130013002

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The numerous reports in the literature of poisoning due to salicylates apart from manifestations of an allergic idiosyncrasy to the drug indicate that salicyl compounds are not always the harmless household remedy that they are generally supposed to be. The ingestion of large amounts of salicylates by children accidentally or by adults with suicidal intent account for the majority of the reported instances of poisoning. Occasionally, however, intoxication results from intensive therapeutic use of the drug.