Index raisonné to the New materia medica / by J.C. Peters and F.G. Snelling.

  • Peters, John C. (John Charles), 1819-1893.
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[1861]
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    be formed from starch and sugar, thus, if a strong solution of sugar be mixed with a small quantity of casein aird powdered chalk and ex- posed to a temperature of more than eighty degrees, Carbonic-acid and Hydrogen are evolved and Butyric-acid forms, as the Butyrate of Lime; this acid is a colorless oily liquid, having the odor of rancid butter, in which indeed it exists. Bile removes fat from the system, in fact the deposit of fat and the production of bile seem to be inversely as to each other; fat animals . yield less bile than lean ones, and the hasty inference has even been drawn that accumulation of fat is a consequence of the diminution of the secretion of bile; in this connection we may state that the pro- portion of fat in the blood is higher in jaundice than any other known disease, and persons are very apt to grow fat after being salivated with Mercury. Fats and oils are formed from Carbonic-acid and water, and to Car- bonic-acid and water they return when consumed in the act of respi- ration; hence fat persons should be encouraged to breathe deeply and fully ; their lungs as well as their muscles should be put through a regular course of gymnastics. After-pains.—Amyg.-amar. p. 335. To prevent after-pains, the patient should not be allowed to leave the horizontal posture for some hours after delivery ; if she be raised up in bed, the blood again accumulates in the uterine veins, blood is poured into the cavity of the uterus, and a very severe attack of after- pains, or dangerous flooding may come on. Ordinary after-pains generally present themselves while the uterus is contracting; they are rare with first children, except they be of a simple spasmodic, rheumatic or neuralgic nature; coagula collecting in the womb is one of the most common causes, and if this happens soon after delivery the patient experiences pains as severe or greater than labor-pains. Flatus in the bowels also gives rise to severe after- pains. When a eoagulum is present, tlje womb is generally large, pro- minent and exceedingly painful on pressure, but every other part of the abdomen is free from pain and generally soft, if not flaccid. When flatus is the cause, the abdomen is tympanitic, the uterus cannot be felt, and the slightest touch gives intense pain, but if the pressure be increased, the pain diminishes until it quite disappears ; still, if after this the hand be suddenly withdrawn from the abdomen, the pain in- stantly returns with great violence, so that the patient may scream with agony. When inflammation is present, which is also attended with tympanitis, the greater the pressure the greater the pain. Spas- modic/ and neuralgic after-pains may be distinguished by the natural feel of ihe abdomen, which is soft and free from pain, and by the size of the uterus, which is very little increased; it usually feels firm un- der the hand, and is exceedingly painful when pressed upon. After-pains from coagulse and flatus are most common in those wo- men who have had many children ; for the muscles of the abdomen