Ptomaines and other animal alkaloids : their detection, separation, and clinical features / by A.C. Farquharson.

Date:
1892
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Credit: Ptomaines and other animal alkaloids : their detection, separation, and clinical features / by A.C. Farquharson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    loss of flesh apparent, but not marked; loss ^^^^^ of sensation ; tinglings and twitchings of the limbs and facial muscles ; occasionally mus- cular rigidity or spasmodic contractions ; loss of muscular control, not attributable to simple inanition and quite disproportionate to ema- ciation when this is present; physical debility and muscular spasms are comparable to the paralytic and convulsive reactions of known animal alkaloids; hypothermia usually pre- sent, and feeble action of the heart ; lastly, a constant history of intestinal derangement. The physical and mental symptoms develop concurrently, but the latter persist for some time after the former have disappeared. 10. —Duratio7t. Under appropriate treat- ment this varies from two to seven months. 11. —Treatment. This is of the simplest; rest, appropriate diet and active elimination. Rest in bed during first few weeks, and diet principally farinaceous. 12. —Recovery. If proper attention be paid to the hygiene of the body, and espe- cially that of the alimentary canal, this is permanent. Recovery is accompanied by an increase in weight, the average in cases observed being two stones for an average period of four months.