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November 11, 2008

Purple brain death:

In 1964 the journal Medicine, Science and the Law published an article entitled 'Unusual Cases 2 - The Purple Brain Death'.

Sadly, the journal is no longer in print and the article isn't available so I have absolutely no idea what it was about, but it sounds intriguing doesn't it?

If anyone ever does find out what made this case so unusual, and what a purple brain death is exactly, do get in touch.

I wonder if it has anything to do with the BBC's standard brain picture which always has a strangely purple tinge.


Link to PubMed entry.

—Vaughan.

Posted at November 11, 2008 12:00 PM

Comments

Will says:

It's about hydrogen sulfide intoxication. You can find a citation at http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc019.htm

Comment posted at November 12, 2008 01:23 AM

Piper Wilson says:

Here's another one:

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a785167147~db=all

Comment posted at November 12, 2008 03:07 AM

Eve says:

It involves hydrogen sulfide toxi...

Darnit, scooped!

Comment posted at November 12, 2008 04:31 AM

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