Citation

Lamont DL, Duflou JA. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1988; 9(3): 226-227.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3177352

Abstract

We report a case of fatal copper sulfate poisoning of a 30-year-old woman following treatment by an iNyanga ("witch-doctor"). The patient died 2 days later, having lapsed into a coma. Postmortem examination revealed that the patient had died of aspiration pneumonia.

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