The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British and Continental Medicine, and of the Progess of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences, Volume 31J. Churchill, 1860 |
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Page 14 - The reason of the frequency of these sad cases appears to me to be the familiarity with arsenic which exists in our country, particularly the higher parts. There is hardly a district in Upper Styria where you will not find arsenic in at least one house, under the name of hydrach. They use it for the complaints of domestic animals, to kill vermin, and as a stomachic to excite an appetite. I saw one peasant show another on the point of a knife how much arsenic he took daily, without which, he said,...
Page 13 - Kiirsinger says he always seemed very healthy, and every evening regularly, after remaining a little too long over his glass, he took a dose of arsenic, which enabled him to get up the next morning perfectly sober and quite bright.
Page 12 - ... so used. The first dose is always followed by slight symptoms of poisoning, such as burning pain in the stomach, and sickness, but not very severe. Once begun, it can only be left off by very gradually diminishing the daily dose, as a sudden cessation causes sickness, burning pain in the stomach, and other symptoms of poisoning, very speedily followed by death.
Page 347 - In ameuorrhcea it will prove, either alone or combined with other substances, one of the best emmenagogues. The skin diseases which have been cured by it in the form of ointment, are scabies, tinea capitis, impetigo of the scalp and many others. The preparations in use are : powder, compound powder, powder with camphor, infusion, decoction, preserved juice, oil, extract, tincture, wine, vinegar, syrup and ointment. — London Lancet.
Page 277 - You will ask, what are the signs that too much alcohol is being given, and what are the indications which should suggest to the practitioner that he ought to diminish the quantity, or to withdraw it altogether. I must tell you, in limine, that it is far more dangerous to life to diminish or withdraw alcohol than to give too much. It is plain to common sense that, in the latter case, you may easily and quickly reduce the quantity, or suspend the use of alcohol altogether ; but it is not so easy to...
Page 13 - On the third day of the second week after leaving off the dose I was attacked with faintness, depression of spirits, mental weakness, and a total loss of the little appetite I still had ; sleep also entirely deserted me. On the fourth day I had violent palpitation of the heart, accompanied by profuse perspiration. Inflammation of the lungs followed, and I was laid up for nine weeks, the same as on the first occasion of leaving off the arsenic.
Page 275 - ... prejudice to suppose that any harm arises from this flushing of the face ; generally it is an indication that the process of digestion, either of wine or spirit, or of other food,* is carried on with difficulty, and it will commonly cease by modifying the manner of its administration, such as. giving less at a time, and more frequently. Sometimes, indeed, flushing will occur because an insufficient quantity is given, and an increase of the dose will get rid of it, just as an inadequate dose of...
Page 12 - About an hour after taking my first dose (I took the same quantity daily for three months), there followed slight perspiration with griping pains in the bowels, and after three or four hours a loose evacuation; this was followed by a keen appetite, and a feeling of excitement. With the exception of the pain, the same symptoms follow every increase of the dose. I subjoin, as a caution, that it is not advisable to begin arsenic-eating before the age of twelve or after thirty years.
Page 13 - Binzgau, knew only two arsenic eaters — one the gentlemen whose case has just been related, the other the ranger of the hunting district in Grossarl, named Trauner. This man was at the advanced age of 81, still a keen chamois hunter, and an active climber of mountains ; he met his death by a fall from a mountain height, while engaged in his occupation. Mr.
Page 267 - I give half-drop doses of the 3x tincture every two, three or four hours, according to the urgency of the symptoms...