title: The phosphorous burn--a preliminary comparative experimental study of various forms of treatment.
abstract: White phosphorous burns were inflicted on 44 Wistar (CR) rats. All animals of the control (C1) group (untreated white phosphorous burns) died within 48 h while those of the control (C2) group (wound only, no white phosphorous burns) survived at least 6 days. Copper sulphate, either as a solution or as an emulsion, proved lethal even without white phosphorous burns. Water irrigation alone proved to be a life-saving procedure for the white phosphorous burned rats.
authors.affiliation: Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eldad
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000818:Animals; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000628:therapy*; D003300:Copper / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019327:Copper Sulfate; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000009:adverse effects*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014867:Water / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D010758:Phosphorus; D003300:Copper; D019327:Copper Sulfate