The Hahnemann materia medica Volume 1 - Softcover

Drysdale, John James

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ISBN 10: 1231339659 ISBN 13: 9781231339657

Verlag: RareBooksClub.com, 2012

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ...in the region of the sigmoid flexure; distension slight. 16th.--The symptoms were subsiding; the pain was relieved; the bowels had acted once and the evacuation was natural. Dec. 14th.--Convalescence had been exceedingly slow; ulceration of the bowels having set in, and with difficulty been subdued by means of Nitrate of silver and Opium, and successive blisters on the abdomen. There was considerable emaciation with urgent dyspepsia. February 14th, 1848.--Had no pain in the epigastrium; appetite and digestion good; bowels habitually costive. To have change of air and regular exercise." Bemarhs by Mr. Bishop.--" The cases of poisoning by this substance, which is now commonly used in the arts, are rare; no antidote is pointed out in toxioological works. But the first object is evidently to get rid of the poison; second, to decompose what cannot be thus got rid of. The first object is to be effected by emetics and the stomachpump: I should be inclined to rely most on the latter. The second, perhaps, will be best effected by the alkaline earths, although I should rather suspect the activity of chromate of lime. As near as I can ascertain this young man swallowed two ounces of the salt; he took as much as a handful out of the tub, and dissolved it in warm water; and so intent was he on destroying life, that, while dissolving it, he chewed several small crystals. Vomiting occurred in about five minutes after he swallowed the solution. From the violence of the symptoms it seems probable that a far less quantity than what was swallowed would destroy life, but it must be borne in mind that breakfast had just been taken-a large mess of pottage, with which the poison had become mixed and afterwards expelled. Had so large a quantity come in contact with the w...

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• Verlag: RareBooksClub.com
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1231339659
• ISBN 13: 9781231339657
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 118