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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... sleep . After twenty minutes he got up and walked a mile ; but the legs were so weak that they could hardly support him ; the knees tended to fall forwards ; and his gait was tottering . An hour and a half after the dose , the effects ...
... sleep . After twenty minutes he got up and walked a mile ; but the legs were so weak that they could hardly support him ; the knees tended to fall forwards ; and his gait was tottering . An hour and a half after the dose , the effects ...
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... sleep followed complete repose of the muscular system as a necessary consequence , then there would be no more powerful or direct hypnotic than hemlock . But other con- ditions over which this drug has no control are required to procure ...
... sleep followed complete repose of the muscular system as a necessary consequence , then there would be no more powerful or direct hypnotic than hemlock . But other con- ditions over which this drug has no control are required to procure ...
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... sleep . Suddenly compelled by the over- spreading muscular lethargy to relinquish his amusements , he lays his head upon the carpet , the lids are seen to droop over the dull listless eyes , and disinclined - probably from a degree of ...
... sleep . Suddenly compelled by the over- spreading muscular lethargy to relinquish his amusements , he lays his head upon the carpet , the lids are seen to droop over the dull listless eyes , and disinclined - probably from a degree of ...
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... sleep . At the end of this time the giddiness and weakness of the legs had entirely passed off . The pulse throughout was 72 , and of good volume and power . The pupils which at the com- mencement measured the 4th of an inch in diameter ...
... sleep . At the end of this time the giddiness and weakness of the legs had entirely passed off . The pulse throughout was 72 , and of good volume and power . The pupils which at the com- mencement measured the 4th of an inch in diameter ...
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... sleep - a sleep from which there is a speedy and complete awakening . Hemlock is the complete realisation of our ideas of a medicine . Over natural function no medicine has so strictly limited and transient an influence . Upon the ...
... sleep - a sleep from which there is a speedy and complete awakening . Hemlock is the complete realisation of our ideas of a medicine . Over natural function no medicine has so strictly limited and transient an influence . Upon the ...
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