On the administration of belladonna, and on certain causes which modify its action / by Henry Wm. Fuller.

  • Fuller, Henry William, 1820-1873.
Date:
1859
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Credit: On the administration of belladonna, and on certain causes which modify its action / by Henry Wm. Fuller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    slight, the patient could protrude the tongue and sAvallow without difficulty, and she was beginning to speak. On the 13th her bowels became relaxed, the motions being dark coloured, thin, and offensive j she complained of nausea, and was sick after her meals. On the 14th these symptoms had increased, and therefore, although the pupils were of their natural size, the sight was iinaflFected, and the tongue clear and moist, it was deemed expedient to omit the medicine. She now took no medicine for a fortnight, but the spasms continued to decrease, and the power of speech began to return. She was still unable to stand, in consequence of the choreic movements of the lower extre- mities. On the 38th, as she was pale and weak, a grain of sulphate of iron, and the same quantity of sulphate of zinc, was given every six hours, and the quantity of sulphate of zinc was rapidly increased, so that by the 16th of April she was taking twenty grains at a dose. Day by day the spasms subsided and her strength returned, and she left the hospital on the 20th of April in good health, and free from choreic symptoms. Case 8.—Catherine L—, jet. 10, was admitted into Hollond Ward on February 16th, 1859. She had ex- perienced two attacks of rheumatic fever, from the last of which she recovered five weeks before her admission into the hospital. On its cessation, symptoms of chorea began to manifest themselves, and gradually increased up to the date of her admission. The pupils were of medium size. A slight systolic murmur was audible at the apex of the heart. Four grains of extract of belladonna were prescribed, and day by day the dose was increased until, by the 2d of March, thirtj'-four grains were being taken daily. By this time the choreic symptoms had disappeared, and it was agreed that in a few days the patient should leave the hospital. On the evening of the 3d, however, she was attacked with diphtheria; the belladonna was omitted, and quinine with muriated tincture of iron and wine were substituted for it. On the 19th the syrup of iodide of