A formulary for the preparation and medical administration of certain new remedies / Translated from the French ... with annotations and additional articles, by James Manby Gully.

  • Magendie, François, 1783-1855
Date:
1835
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Credit: A formulary for the preparation and medical administration of certain new remedies / Translated from the French ... with annotations and additional articles, by James Manby Gully. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Of) the utter annihilation of the pulse, and the sinking of the powers of life. Hence it might be judicious to combine morphia and its salts with some aromatic or stimulant spirit, particularly where general debility is present. Dr. C. tells me of two cases, in which opium in every shape, even in black drop and Batley’s solu¬ tion, produced the distressing sensations of sinking and impending dissolution ; but in which morphia, with the addition of an aromatic spirit, (spiritus caryophylla* or myristicae,) was tolerated without any unpleasant sensations. Dr. Charles Lee (New York Medical and Physical Journal, 1829) strongly recommends a tepid wash, composed of two grains of sulphate of morphia to one ounce of water, in acute conjunctivitis. It renders the intolerance of light much less urgent, and gives ease from the hot and throbbing sensations in and about the diseased organ. Bellingeri, in a Memoir on Neuralgia, which may be found in the Annali Universali di Medicina, for April, 1833, states that acetate of morphia is of little use taken internally, but is more efficient when used in friction, with oil, on the neuralgic part, or sprinkled on the denuded dermoid surface. He also quotes a case of violent and obstinate hiccup, wherein acetate of morphia was used by the endermic method over the epigastrium. A curious effect ensued: it produced a sensation of compression of the back part of the head : the patient could neither move nor speak; both epididymes swelled. In the course of an hour these symptoms disappeared, and were replaced hy a general and intolerable itching, particularly of the fore¬ head, nose, chin, and scrotum; at length, after two hours, the itching ceased, and the hiccup was found to be cured. Black drop is a most uncertain preparation : I daily bear the most discordant opinions given as to its power, as compared with tincture of opium, some esteeming it as only equivalent to the latter, others as of double, treble, or quadruple strength. It might be well if