Original Article

On the Significance of Fatty Embolism as a Cause of Sudden Death in Alcoholics

Authors: JAMES C. HOLLER, Jr., M.D., CHEVES McC. SMYTHE, M.D., H R PRATT-THOMAS, M.D.

Abstract

An attempt has been made to relate sudden death in the alcoholic to fat embolism from a fatty liver.

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