Open AccessThe use of a mercury-quartz lamp in tetany of infants
Author(s) -
G. Klyachkin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj76814
Subject(s) - tetany , rickets , mercury (programming language) , quartz , medicine , mercury poisoning , chemistry , vitamin d and neurology , endocrinology , materials science , computer science , programming language , toxicity , composite material
The brilliant results obtained by HuIdschinsky'm, Gyrgy and others from illumination with a mercury-quartz lamp for rickets prompted some doctors to apply this method of treatment for childhood tetany, which, like rickets, is caused by the state of impaired mineral metabolism in the body.