PEDIATRICS Vol. 9 No. 6 June 1952, pp. 745-747
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CONVULSIONS AND DEAFNESS FOLLOWING INGESTION OF DDT

ROBERT E. CUNNINGHAM M.D.1 and FONTAINE S. HILL M.D.1

1 The Division of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the John Gaston Hospital, Memphis.

A case of DDT Poisoning in a two year old child is presented. Transitory deafness and severe convulsive seizures dominated the clinical picture, but uneventful recovery ensued.

Effects of DDT intoxication on the nervous system are discussed.

Submitted on December 10, 1951