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PAPAVERINUM. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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PAPAVERINUM.

An alkaloid obtained from Opium; formula, C21H21NO4.


Preparation

, Triturations or solutions of
the salts.

Authority.

Dr. Hormann, Wien. Med. Woch.,
1868, 18, 58, 59 (Am. J. Med. Sc., 1869, 58, p. 228), took on three
successive days, doses of 1, 3, 5, 7, and 8 grains of the muriate of P.

HEAD.

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Acute frontal headache, after the disappearance of the epigastric pain,
without any muscular relaxation or weakness.

STOMACH.

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Severe hiccough, which disappeared in six minutes, and was followed by
epigastric pain (one hour and a half after third dose). ► Epigastric pain after the disappearance
of the hiccough.

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