Morbid craving for morphia : (Die Morphiumsucht) :a monograph founded on personal observations / by Edward Levinstein ; Tr. from the German by Charles Harrer.

  • Eduard Levinstein
Date:
1878
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Morbid craving for morphia : (Die Morphiumsucht) :a monograph founded on personal observations / by Edward Levinstein ; Tr. from the German by Charles Harrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Introductory Remarks ......... i Definition of the term Morbid Craving for Morphia . • • 3 Analogy of Morbid Craving for Morphia with Dipsomania . 5 Is Morbid Craving for Morphia a mental alienation ? . . 7 Forensic importance of Morbid Craving for Morphia . . 10 Symptomatology of Morbid Craving for Morphia , . . .10 Morbid Appearances of Chronic Intoxication with Morphia . 11 Symptoms of Abstinence from Morphia 14 Cases 16 Experiments on Animals •3'' Results of the latter y] The Collapse 40 Cases 41 Delirium Tremens in consequence of Morbid Craving for Morphia -So Cases ........... 54 Febris Intermittens in consequence of Morbid Craving for Morphia 62 Cases .64 Amenorrhoea, caused by Morbid Craving for Morphia . . . 68 Action of Morphia on the pregnant state . . . .70 Cases 70 Experiments on Animals • • 75 Impotence in consequence of Morbid Craving for Morphia . . 76
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