CRYPTOPINUM.
An alkaloid found in opium; Formula,
C23H25NO5.
Preparation
, Triturations.
Authorities.
Harley, general effects, “Old Veg.
Neurotics;” also 1, effects on Samuel M., of
subcutaneous injection of a solution containing 1 grain, subsequently repeated with 1 1/2
grains (Old Veg. Neurotics); 2, same, effects on John
L., of injection of 1/4 grain, and afterward of 1 grain, and 1 1/5 grains, ibid.
MIND.
► Feels as if he had
had a glass of spirits; with a diffused sensation of warmth (after two hours), [2].
HEAD.
► Now walked home
(after two hours), and on his journey felt decidedly giddy for a quarter of an hour, [2].
EYE.
► Dilatation of the
pupils, [1]. ►
Pupil normal, 1/9″; 1/8″ (after one hour and a half); 1/7″ (after two hours
and a quarter), [1].
URINARY ORGANS.
► Dysuria
followed, [2].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Slight acceleration of the breathing, [1]. ► Normal respiration, 19 to 20; 21 (after half an hour); 19
(after three-quarters and one hour and a half); 20 (after two hours and a quarter), [1]. ► Normal
respiration, 17; 14 (after two hours and forty minutes), [2].
► Normal respiration, 19; 15 (after one hour); 12 (after
two hours), [2]. [10.]
► Normal respiration, 18; 16 (after half an hour); 20
(after one hour and a quarter); 16 (after two hours), [2].
► Respiration normal, 19; unchanged (after one hour); 17,
regular (after two hours), [1].
PULSE.
► Normal pulse, 72;
70 (after half an hour); 66 (after one hour and a quarter and two hours), [2]. ► Normal pulse, 66; 64,
regular, of good volume and power (after two hours and forty minutes), [2]. ► Normal pulse, 72; 70 (after
one hour); 65, regular, of unchanged volume and power (after two hours), [1]. ► Pulse, 74 (normal), (after
half an hour); 68 (after three-quarters of an hour); 66 (after one hour and a half and two
hours and a quarters), [1]. ►
Normal pulse 78; 68, unchanged (after one hour); 61, regular, a little fuller and stronger
(after two hours), [2].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
► Felt
very comfortable, and was very tranquil throughout. There was no dreaming nor feeling of
stimulation. The pulse continued regular, and experienced no change in power or volume, [1]. ► Cryptopia, like
Morphia, has two distinct effects, a hypnotic, and an excitant of a most remarkable and
exceptional kind, dependent partly upon an illusion of vision, and partly upon a tendency to
convulsive action (Harley). ► Further acquaintance with
Cryptopia will perhaps more positively indicate that, as happens with Morphia, individuals
are affected in opposite ways by it, some being influenced by its excitant action, while
others are as exclusively affected by its hypnotic effects (Harley).
SLEEP.
[20.] ► Hypnosis, [1]. ► Had experienced a little drowsiness, passing into a doze for
a few minutes at a time, and felt very calm and comfortable (after two hours and forty
minutes), [2]. ►
Sleepiness came on in two minutes, and soon increased, with yawning, so that in ten minutes
he could hardly keep his eyes open; continued very sleepy, and looked very heavy (after
three-quarters of an hour); continued very sleepy and dozed most of the time (after one hour
and a half); had dozed and slept, and still continued heavy and drowsy, but the effect was
decreasing (after two hours and a quarter), [1]. ► Somnolency came on soon after the injection and continued,
but had not yet amounted to sleep (after one hour); dozed continuously during the last hour
without dreaming, and still felt very sleepy and uncomfortable (after two hours); continued
very drowsy; retired to bed and slept soundly all night, and was, as usual after his
opiates, sleepy throughout the next day, [1]. ► Had dozed off twice (after one hour and a quarter); had
continued sleepy, and slept lightly for ten minutes (after two hours). Somnolency was the
only effect, and this without any appearance of heaviness. He now walked home, and had half
an hour’s pleasant dreamless sleep after arriving there, [2].
► Being bedtime, he soon retired to rest, and slept well
without dreaming (after two hours), [2].® 2000
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