Abstract
In a short note recently published,1attention was drawn to a fatality that occurred from dinitrophenol poisoning. Since this drug is being widely used as a metabolic stimulant, and since the complete details of this case were available only to us, it seemed desirable to publish a full account of it, together with the pathologic observations. This case report will also emphasize the fact which we have consistently stressed;2namely, that careless or reckless use of this drug may have unfortunate consequences. REPORT OF CASE History.— H. G., a man, aged 37, a graduate of a Vienna medical school but unlicensed to practice in this country, called on one of us (T.) to obtain information regarding dinitrophenol as a metabolic stimulant. He stated that he was suffering from general glandular dysfunction, including a hypopituitarism resulting from a previous sphenoiditis. His libido was gone and no therapy had been
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