An investigation of the properties of the Sanguinaria canadensis, or puccoon / by William Downey.

  • Downey, William.
Date:
[1803]
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Credit: An investigation of the properties of the Sanguinaria canadensis, or puccoon / by William Downey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    twenty minutes, his pulse was increased to sixty- two, and had a warmth at his stomach : when forty minutes had elapsed, he became much af- fected with nausea, and was shortly after relieved from every disagreeable sensation, by discharg- ing the contents of his stomach. It produced only two motions and those very gentle. He ob- served to me, that in this, as also in the former experiment, he experienced some difficulty in discharging his urine, having somewhat of an ardor urinse. EXPERIMENT VII. Having breakfasted at eight o'clock. I took eight grains of the saponaceous or extract- ive matter, at half past ten, my friend Mr. Wal- ker, attending to my pulse which was at its standard seventy-six. Min. 5 i 10 | 15 1 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 j 45 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 70 PdTr6 |~77 | 77 j 79 I 78 I 79 | 78 | 78 J 80 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 77 j 75 M. 75_|_80JJ5_|_90 P. 76 | rS | 75 j 76 In twenty minutes I had a slight nausea, my pulse diminished in fullness and force ; thir- ty, my pulse very small and quick ; forty, I had a disposition to puke, which, however, continued but for a very short time ; fifty, the nausea had nearly disappeared, and my pulse became consi- derably fuller ; seventy, my pulse was nearly na- tural in fullness and force, only being a little ir- regular.