Blood, 1953, Vol. 8, No. 12, pp. 1099-1104.
© 1953 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Drowning Hemoglobinuria
CHARLES E. RATH M.D.1
1 Department of Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass. and
the Department of Medicine and Hematology Laboratories, Georgetown University
Hospital, Washington, D.C.
1. A case of hemoglobinemia and hemoglobinuria with recovery following
incomplete drowning is presented.
2. The pathogenesis of the intravascular hemolysis is discussed.
Submitted on March 1, 1953
Accepted on August 10, 1953