Hospital facts and observations : illustrative of the efficacy of the new remedies, strychnia, brucia, acetate of morphia, veratria, iodine, &c. in several morbid conditions of the system : with a comparative view of the treatment of chorea, and some cases of diabetes : a report on the efficacy of sulphureous fumigations in diseases of the skin, chronic rheumatism, &c. / by James Lomax Bardsley.

  • Bardsley, James Lomax, 1801-1876.
Date:
1830
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Credit: Hospital facts and observations : illustrative of the efficacy of the new remedies, strychnia, brucia, acetate of morphia, veratria, iodine, &c. in several morbid conditions of the system : with a comparative view of the treatment of chorea, and some cases of diabetes : a report on the efficacy of sulphureous fumigations in diseases of the skin, chronic rheumatism, &c. / by James Lomax Bardsley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    ing, that for the two last days, in about half an hour after each pill, he could have supposed (to use his own expression) that somebody was pricking his legs with pins or needles; and this sensation re- mained for nearly an hour. Being desirous, not only of continuing, but, if possible, of increasing the influence of the remedy without injuring the patient, I ventured to increase the dose of the alkali to half a grain three times a day, at the same time requesting the House Apothecary carefully to ob- serve the action of the medicine, during a few times of its exhibition in this proportion; with a strict order to the man-nurse immediately to call in the aid of the Apothecary, should any symptoms of an alarming nature occur. 9th. Inferior extre- mities equally useless. After the fourth dose of the alkali in the proportion above-mentioned, the patient was suddenly seized with vertigo, voiniting, sinking of the pulse, uneasiness about the prcecordia, difficult respiration, rigid contraction of the paralyzed muscles and copious perspiration, particularly over the head and face. These symptoms continued for some time, but yielded to the liberal administration of active stimulants, as brandy and volatile salt. The remedy was discontinued for one day. 11th. Re- commended the use of the alkali, in the proportion of half a grain, twice a day. 14th. The patient has not acquired any increase of command over the muscles of the affected limbs. No unpleasant ef- fects have been produced by the remedy since its