A Treatise On Poisons, in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology, And the Practice of Physic
The book A Treatise On Poisons, in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology, And the Practice of Physic was written by author Christison, Robert, Sir, 1797-1882 Here you can read free online of A Treatise On Poisons, in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology, And the Practice of Physic book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Treatise On Poisons, in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology, And the Practice of Physic a good or bad book?
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A very pointed case of the same kind is related in the Medical and Physical Journal. It is the case of a young man, who, after swallowing an ounce of laudanum, told what he had done, so that he was seen within three hours by his surgeon. At that time he was insensible, the mouth was distorted, the jaws fixed, and the hands clenched. Afterwards the insensibility was lessened by * Lond. Med. and Phys. Journal, xlix. 119. f De Usu Opii, iv. 149. \ Journal Universel, xix. 340. 620 opium. proper rem...edies ; and then he was seized with spasms of the back, neck, and extremities so violent as to resemble opisthoto- nos *. Another good case of the kind is related by Mr M'Kecli- nie, where the voluntary muscles were violently convulsed in frequent paroxysms, and were affected in the intervals with sub- sultus for three hours before the sopor came on -j-. The con- vulsions sometimes assume the form of permanent spasm, which may affect the whole muscles of the body, as in a case related in Corvisart's Journal J.
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