Theoretical considerations on the etiology of multiple sclerosis. Is multiple sclerosis a mercury allergy?

Author: Baasch E.

Source: Schweiz Arch Neurol Neurochir Psychiatr.

Year: 1966

Comment:

This article examines factors in multiple sclerosis and finds that dental mercury could be part of the "riddles" of MS.

Abstract / Excerpt:

“It is hypothesized that MS is a neuro-allergenic illness in which the allergen is a heavy metal—most often mercury, less often lead, and possibly also other metals. As a source of mercury the prevailing majority of cases is assumed to come from mercury in amalgam. After the compilation of the still unsolved riddles of MS, they are being compared with the hypothesis above. The conclusion is being drawn that none of the listed vulnerabilities is inconsistent with this hypothesis, and that most of the riddles (especially the geographic distribution, the age distribution and the historical evolution) may find their explanation in this.” [translation]

Citation:

Baasch E. Theoretische Ueberlegungen zur Aetiologie der Sclerosis multiplex.  Die Multiple Sklerose eine Quecksilberallergie? Schw. Arch. Neurol. Neurochir. Psychiat. 1966; 98:1-18. German.