A Year-Book of Therapeutics for 1883 - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884. Excerpt: ... tions by their affinity for oxyhaemoglobine; that they dilate the capillaries,' and, by strengthening the heart's beat, produce diaphoresis and lowering of temperature; but they act above all on the muscular system, which they excite, and on the nervous system, but to a less degree. Dyspepsia and gastralgia are sometimes caused by the resinous ingredients; the caffeine slows the pulse, and produces diuresis, but not to a marked degree. It fortifies the system against fatigue and excessive muscular exertion. Essai surle Mate'. Par Ren 6 Iipery. These de Paris, 1883; Rev. des. Set. Me"d., July, 1883.) Remarks on Death from Methylene, and on the Use of other Anaesthetics. By F. Junker, M.D., M.R.C.S. Professor Breisky of Prague, in the Prager medicinische Wochenschrift, 1883, No. 22, reports a case of death during the administration of chloride of methylene,1 which, being the tenth fatal case from this anaesthetic, must considerably shake the confidence of the profession in its perfect safety. The patient, a married woman aged twenty-seven, suffered from a cyst of the right parovarium, for the removal of which ovariotomy was to be performed on May 2, 1883. Dr. Breisky points out, in his paper, that particular precautions and care were considered necessary in administering the narcotic, on account of the anaemic and weak condition of the patient. One of the clinical assistants watched the pulse, whilst another, who possessed great experience in the administration of anaesthetics, gave chloride of methylene in my apparatus. After ten minutes, during which four drachms were inhaled without producing complete anaesthesia, the radial pulse suddenly stopped: respiration, however, continued three minutes after the heart had ceased to beat. The patient was pale and ...