...may save an almost hopeless life. Each of these remedies appears to assist the action of the other. The relative doses must be determined by the circumstances...emetic must be reduced, and the opium increased. Graves advises one-fourth to one-half of a grain of the salt every hour or two hours ; when it produces bilious...

...and Opium in small quantities. While, if wakefulness predominates with not very boisterous delirium, the dose of Tartar Emetic must be reduced and the Opium increased." Again: "The mania and sleeplessness of Delirium Tremens, as well as the delirium which usually sets...

...delusions. Judiciously employed, these remedies may save an almost hopeless life. Each drug appears to assist the action of the other ; and the relative...emetic must be reduced, and the opium increased. Graves advises one-fourth to one-half of a grain of the salt every hour or two hours, and to be discontinued...

...the opium in small quantities ; while, if wakefulness predominates with not very boisterous delirium, the dose of tartar emetic must be reduced, and the opium increased. Graves advises one-fourth to one-half a gram of the salt every hour or two hours, and to be discontinued when...

...delirium the tartar emetic must be given in full, and opium in small quantities ; while if wakefulncss is the chief symptom, the delirium being not very boisterous, the dose of antimony must be reduced and the opium increased." This rule for the combination of opium and antimony,...

...embrace the different factors, and include each in the remedial measures employed. Opium alone will not meet these complex states. In order to procure its...difficulties encountered in practice, and the measures best adapted to overcome them. When the condition of wakefulness is little if at all associated with general...

...embrace the different factors, and include each in the remedial measures employed. Opium alone will not meet these complex states. In order to procure its...difficulties encountered in practice, and the measures best adapted to overcome them. When the condition of wakefulness is little if at all associated with general...

...effects, it is necessary to combine it with a direct vascular depressant. The rule laid down by Graves for the administration of opium in excitement and...tartar emetic must be reduced and the opium increased. When the condition of wakefulness is little if at all associated with general vascular excitement,...