Researches on the nature and action of Indian and African arrow-poison / by Hermann Beigel.

  • Beigel, Hermann, 1830-1879.
Date:
1868
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Credit: Researches on the nature and action of Indian and African arrow-poison / by Hermann Beigel. 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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    ... ... 10^ ... ou ... 10S 4.0 101 ±yji. ... 'jyj ... -L V/Vi 1 Ol ... 90 102 ... 100 99 Fifteen minutes after injection sight became dim, and soon Diplopia set in, the one image being above the other.; face turgescent, speech heavy, stupid expression of countenance, upper eyelids dropping down, therefore eyes half-closed; gait uncertain; arms, according to patient's description, felt like heavy weights, and in consequence impossibility to put his hands to his head. Sensibility and intellectual faculties per- fectly intact. Febraary 5, 1868. At half-past twelve one grain and a quarter of Urari were given internally. Patient had eaten nothing since nine o'clock in the morning, when he made his breakfast, consisting of three cups of tea and a few pieces of toast, and declared himself to be rather hungry; ten minutes after taking the Urari his sight was extremely impaired, and Diplopia existed in a marked degree. Patient saw the features of persons present double, and at the same time was well aware of the delusion ; he experienced intense pain in the stomach, but it lasted only a few minutes. Examination by means of the ophthalmoscope revealed only normal conditions. The action of the muscles was in no way impaired, probably from the small dose taken ; patient could therefore walk firmly, and in spite of impaired vision the upper eyelids did not drop down; the symp- toms disappeared after about three quarters of an hour. On March 18th. One grain of Bruckner and Lampe's TJrari was injected without producing any effect. March 21st. gr. l^. No effect. March 2oth, gr. 2. The same result, March 28th, gr. 2^ were injected. The symptoms which followed consisted in redness of the face, slight dimness of eyes, and slight uncertainty of gait; which symptoms prove the Urari