A Comprehensive Study of Deaths from Corrosive Poisoning

Abstract

Paracelsus, the father of toxicology, once wrote:"Everything is poison, there is poison in everything. Only the dose makes a thing not a poison." A corrosive is a substance which has surface-destructive effect on contact. Corrosive poisoning results from ingestion, topical exposure or inhalation of compounds, that causes tissue injury by chemical reaction. An average home contains a dozen different cleaning products. These products are used in many industries. These are responsible for a large number of accidental and intentional poisoning. This study "A Comprehensive Study Of Deaths from Corrosive Poisoning" is taken up Over 47 corrosive poisoning fatalities autopsied at the