Descriptive Study of Copper Sulphate Poisoning A Study of Twenty Autopsy Case

Acute poisoning constitutes one of the most frequent causes of emergency admission in our Hospital and forms important cause of death among young people. In this study the study sample consists of 20 cases of copper sulphate poisoning. As the salt is very cheap and easily available it has been used mostly as a self-poisoning substance by the people of lower strata and the reasons for self-poisoning are poverty and inability to solve personal problems