[Acute self-poisoning with arsenic and treatment with BAL (author's transl)]

A case of attempted suicide by ingestion of 4.8 g As2O3 (more than 20 times the estimated lethal dose) is reported. Absorption of arsenic caused elevated urinary levels over 5 days BAL treatment was started within three hours after arsenic ingestion. The patient did not develop any signs of polyneuropathy or other clinical changes.