Observations on box (buxus sempervirens), with especial reference to the true nature of tetanus / by Sydney Ringer and William Murrell.

  • Ringer, Sydney, 1835-1910.
Date:
1876
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Observations on box (buxus sempervirens), with especial reference to the true nature of tetanus / by Sydney Ringer and William Murrell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    the physiological action is not entirely reversed. As strychnia it paralyses the constraining or resistive power of the cord; when converted into ethyl-strychnia, its che- mical affinities being somewhat modified, it affects the motor nerves, but still it paralyses. It is not converted from a stimulant of the cord to a depressant of the motor nerves, but its chemical affinities being changed it affects the motor nerves; instead of paralysing the resistance of the cord, it paralyses the motor nerves. Its conversion into ethyl-strychnia heightens its affinities for the nerves, but lessens or destroys its affinity for that portion of the cord which restrains and localises reflex action.