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Water intoxication in a mental case

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A case of water intoxication is reported in which a female dementia præcox patient drank excessive quantities of tap water resulting in edema, coma, convulsions, with subsequent recovery.

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  1. Helwig, T. C., Schutz, C. S., and Curry, D. E.: Water intoxication: Report of a fatal human case with clinical, pathologic and experimental studies. J. A. M. A., 104: 1569–1575, May, 1935.

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  1. Kings Park, N. Y.

    Hyman S. Barahal M. D.

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Barahal, H.S. Water intoxication in a mental case. Psych Quar 12, 767–771 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01562839

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