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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 8, 2020

British anti-lewisite (BAL).

Publication Details

Nature (Lond.), 156, 616-19. 1945 CE.

British Anti-Lewisite BAL (dimercaprol), a medication used to treat acute poisoning by arsenic, mercury, gold, and lead, was discovered during the 1939-45 war. With L. A. Stocken and R. H. S. Thompson. 

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#1929
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2736
External URLbritish-antilewisite-bal