The Old Vegetable Neurotics: Hemlock, Opium, Belladonna and Henbane; Their Physiological Action and Therapeutical Use, Alone and in Combination; Being the Gulstonian Lectures of 1868, Extended and Including a Complete Examination of the Active Constituents of OpiumMacmillan, 1869 - 355 pages |
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... quantity was increased to six drachms . This dose was followed , twenty minutes after taking it , by sudden giddiness , and so much weakness of the legs as rendered the patient incapable of walking ; and he was obliged to lie down ...
... quantity was increased to six drachms . This dose was followed , twenty minutes after taking it , by sudden giddiness , and so much weakness of the legs as rendered the patient incapable of walking ; and he was obliged to lie down ...
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... quantity that a lively , active one does . The general inference from these observations is that the dose of conium must be proportioned , not to the muscular strength of the individual , but to the degree of his motor activity ...
... quantity that a lively , active one does . The general inference from these observations is that the dose of conium must be proportioned , not to the muscular strength of the individual , but to the degree of his motor activity ...
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... quantities of the urines of three patients passed immediately before administering conium to them , and the other composed of the same quantities of their urine secreted during the operation of an aggregate dose of fl . 3 xvij . of ...
... quantities of the urines of three patients passed immediately before administering conium to them , and the other composed of the same quantities of their urine secreted during the operation of an aggregate dose of fl . 3 xvij . of ...
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... quantities of warm urine ; and sub- jecting the mixture to the processes above described , I did not fail in any case to obtain a small quantity of conia . one experiment I exposed a mixture of 3 viij . of urine , 3iij . of succus conii ...
... quantities of warm urine ; and sub- jecting the mixture to the processes above described , I did not fail in any case to obtain a small quantity of conia . one experiment I exposed a mixture of 3 viij . of urine , 3iij . of succus conii ...
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... quantity of oxygen taken into the lungs . The application of electricity to the upper part of the spine and chest walls simultane- ously , will be the most hopeful means . More indirectly we may appeal to the vagus through the fifth ...
... quantity of oxygen taken into the lungs . The application of electricity to the upper part of the spine and chest walls simultane- ously , will be the most hopeful means . More indirectly we may appeal to the vagus through the fifth ...
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1000 grain measures accel action of opium active æther afterwards albumen alcohol alkaline alkaloid animal appears Atrop atropia beats belladonna beneath the skin breathing caustic potash Chlorine codeia colour conia conii conium continued convulsive Crown 8vo cryptopia delirium disease drachms drowsy drug dryness dysuria Edition excitement extract eyes faint Fcap fluid giddiness grain atropiæ sulph grain measures contained heart hemlock henbane increased influence Injected grain irritation jerked laudanum legs meconine minutes moist morphia motor centres mouse mouth movements muscles muscular narceine nausea nerve observations occasionally odour opium ounces palates passed patient Phosphates POEMS poison produced pulse accelerated Pupils contracted pupils dilated quantity regular remained resp Respiration respiratory restlessness sleep slept slight solution somnolency spasm spinal strong subcutaneous succus succus conii sulphate of atropia symptoms thebaia tincture tion twitchings unchanged Urea Uric acid urine volume and power vomiting walk
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