Attempted self-poisoning with a biguanide has been reported (Dobson, 1965;Davidson et al., 1966). Fatal self-poisoning occurred in the case recorded here and is of interest because vi the clinical presentation with hypoglycaemia and severe acidosis and because of the necropsy findings.
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