Bromide intoxication

Abstract

1. Figures are quoted to illustrate the widespread use of bromides. 2. The toxicity of bromides is discussed. 3. A simple test for estimating bromide in the blood is given. 4. Symptoms and signs of fatal, severe, and mild intoxication are described and illustrated by case records. 5. Conditions predisposing to intoxication are suggested. The toxic threshold is discussed. 6. Therapeutic considerations are briefly considered. Our thanks are due to Sir Frederick Menzies and Dr. E. Mapother for permission to publish the cases, also to Dr. Golla and the staff of the Central Pathological Laboratory of the London County Council, Mental Hospitals Department, who very kindly did the chemical tests. © 1936, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.