On the characters, actions, and therapeutic uses of the ordeal bean of Calabar, (Physostigma Venenosum, Balfour) : a graduation thesis, for which a gold medal was awarded by the Edinburgh University, August 1862 / by Thomas R. Fraser, M.D.

  • Fraser, Thomas R. (Thomas Richard), 1841-1920.
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1863
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Credit: On the characters, actions, and therapeutic uses of the ordeal bean of Calabar, (Physostigma Venenosum, Balfour) : a graduation thesis, for which a gold medal was awarded by the Edinburgh University, August 1862 / by Thomas R. Fraser, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    could not be produced. Respirations ceased in forty-two seconds after the iiclministration. Aittopsy—immediate.~}i^^ distended and passive. Colour of contained blood, normal. Vermicular action coidd not be discovered in the intestines. V. INTRODUCED BY THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.! .-■J^^flT'^'! 14.-Five minims of syrupy extract were injected into the light thoiax of a young rabbit, by means of Wood's hypodermic syringe. This Ttructu'Je i^ache^ ^^^^ P^^-^t^^ed, and the piihnonary The rabbit was perfectly quiet for seventy-five seconds, when it endeavoured lTthri?Lrlf/!™?^^:^^ i .i'- .-' ~~v/ij>^ iinuiiLc aiui a iiaii t e lore-iesTS vielfipfl and the animal fell; and, immediately afterwards, the posterior extiS tS were paralyzed and it lay extended in a flaccid Condition. The pi pi s be- ot _the_ eye. A few jerks occurred in the hind-limbs. General muscular quivermg accompanied and could scarcely be distinguished froitthe Sa tory movements, and these ceased in two minutes after the admin s rat o7 Aut02mj—zmnechate.—The heart was passive distendprl 3 f • a red blood in the left chambers, and dark bToodYn' the ig it' v^ S S nf H ^^'-^^ ye^T ^liglit. Feeble contractions fo lowed i^; w^re nm'ia^ ''''''' ^'-^^^ and .icera Experiment 15.-The trachea of a full-grown rabbit was exposed ind «llnS/' '^''l ''^ ^^^^ 'in™^' of syTupy eS\; ere allowed 0 run down the trachea towards the lungs, in a gentle stream from the needle point of Wood's syringe s > ^' St;e stream, tioni occurred, and in'two minutes aU^resiMrS^V^Xeit Sd c™^^^^^^^^^ '''''''' Auio2}sy~i7nmediate.—The heart was nassivp T,, L^f• ^^^^^Yi slight, wavy, muscular action fo ten mSiu I ' Wl f nds^ biff 5 ;vas found m the right side, and scarlet in the left. The erm cida Sti^l nf enXr Tli: r 'l^'^'f^ Tl^e stomach !and b add Tere dis Sltlwitho;;t\hSlr'systems appeared normal, and thefrTesseL distil^c'Srof Je^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^-'-^ or bronchi, but a lungs. There was noSngeltiro'tt^^Sw^^ ^^-^ VI. INTRODUCED BY THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. surface of the bra n imcove^ed ^id a lic^^^ T'' '''' '''' '^''^^'Sh, the knife. A considerable Znnt'oTLI^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ - «h--p the application of cold. No nervous llSe ^ f^^^^^^^^^^ iiiteen mnmtes afterwards, six minims of syrupv ext. .!? f operation, comparatively clean surface of the brain ^ ^ ^ ''^''^ P^^'^ed on the ^-^^S^S:^!::^^^;^^ extremities; in -..utes,aquantityof^.eenish!grumou:SS^^^^^