This section is from the book "Auto-intoxication as a Cause and Complication of Disease", by W. Louis Chapman, M. D. Also available from Amazon: Auto-intoxication As A Cause And Complication Of Disease.
The following table shows the toxicity of some of the Auto-toxins as compared with that of other poisons:
SUBSTANCE. | MINIMUM LETHAL DOSE PER K. | INVESTIGATOR. |
Normal Urine | 45.00 cc. | Bouchard. |
Urine of Jaundice | 13.00 cc. | Bouchard. |
Aceton | 8.00 g. | Albertoni. |
Urea | 6.60 g. | Herter. |
Ethyl Alcohol | 6.00 g. | Albertoni. |
Normal Bile | 4.00 g. | Vulpian. |
Curin | 0.63 g. | Bohm. |
Gerontin | 0.50 g. | Grandis. |
0.50 g. | Pohl. | |
0.50 g. | Brieger. | |
Paraxanthin | 0.40 g. | Schmiedeberg |
Caffein | 0.25 g. | Allen. |
Invertin | 0.20 g. | |
Ammonia (anhydrous) | 0.15 g. | Bouchard. |
Methyl Guanidin | 0.10 g. | Brieger. |
Eel Serum | 0.10 g. | Mosso. |
Morphin | 0.0607 g. | Wood. |
Emulsin | 0.05 g. | |
Sturin | 0.02 g. | Thompson. |
Arsenic | 0.0153 g. | Lachese. |
Culpein | 0.015 g. | Thompson |
Phosphorous | 0.0076 g. | Wood. |
Strychnin | 0.005 g. | Wood. |
Hydrocyanic Acid | 0.001 g. | Cushny. |
Tetanotoxin | 0.0006 g. | Brieger. |
Ricin | 0.0004 g. | Cushny. |
Abrin | 0.0001 g. | Ehrlich. |
 
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