A Treatise on Poisons, in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology, and the Practice of PhysicAdam & Charles Black, North Bridge, 1836 - 876 pages |
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Page viii
... violent poisons , their action as poisons in some instances , though cer- tainly not in all , throws light on their action as reme- dies . Thus the direct paralysis , which is produced by opium in the muscular fibres on which it is ...
... violent poisons , their action as poisons in some instances , though cer- tainly not in all , throws light on their action as reme- dies . Thus the direct paralysis , which is produced by opium in the muscular fibres on which it is ...
Page 27
... violent salivation , ulceration of the mouth , nay fatal gangrene . - On the other hand , a few substances , which to most people are actively poison- ous , have on some individuals comparatively little effect . There are extremely few ...
... violent salivation , ulceration of the mouth , nay fatal gangrene . - On the other hand , a few substances , which to most people are actively poison- ous , have on some individuals comparatively little effect . There are extremely few ...
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... violent sa- livation caused by mercury may be occasionally corrected by nauseating doses of antimony . But these are the only instances which occur to me at present of antidotes for irritant poison- ing which operate by counter action ...
... violent sa- livation caused by mercury may be occasionally corrected by nauseating doses of antimony . But these are the only instances which occur to me at present of antidotes for irritant poison- ing which operate by counter action ...
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... violent may be made to act , so as to bring on their pecu- liar symptoms slowly , or even by imperceptible degrees . Thus arsenic , which usually causes violent symptoms from the very beginning , may be so administered as to occasion at ...
... violent may be made to act , so as to bring on their pecu- liar symptoms slowly , or even by imperceptible degrees . Thus arsenic , which usually causes violent symptoms from the very beginning , may be so administered as to occasion at ...
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... violent tetanus , and afterwards in- flammation of the stomach and bowels ; and corrosive sublimate , after exciting in the first instance inflammation , may prove even- tually fatal by inducing excessive ptyalism . In truth , certain ...
... violent tetanus , and afterwards in- flammation of the stomach and bowels ; and corrosive sublimate , after exciting in the first instance inflammation , may prove even- tually fatal by inducing excessive ptyalism . In truth , certain ...
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Page 569 - One or two had cardialgia, nausea, and vomiting ; but these were not general or lasting symptoms. They then complained of a prickly feeling in their hands, heat and constriction of the mouth and throat ; difficulty of swallowing and speaking freely ; numbness about the mouth, gradually extending to the arms, with great debility of the limbs. The degree of muscular debility varied a good deal, but was an invariable symptom. In some it merely prevented them from walking firmly, but in most of them...