A 16-year-old boy ingested 12 gm of metallic zinc in an attempt to hasten healing of a minor laceration. Lethargy occurred several days after the ingestion, and was accompanied by an elevated zinc concentration in whole blood. Chelation therapy promoted dramatic clinical improvement, and a fall in blood zinc levels.
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Jerome V. Murphy (1970) studied this question.
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