LOBELINUM.
Alkaloid of Lobelia inflata.
Authority.
Isaac Ott, M.D., Chicago Journ.
of Nervous and Mental Diseases, vol. xi, 1877, p. 68, took 1-192 m. of
Acetate of lobelina, at 2.25, 2.56, and 3.10 P.M.
HEAD.
►
Headache (in one hundred and six minutes).
EYE.
►
Pupils dilated (in seventeen minutes).
THROAT.
►
Tickling and dryness in the throat (in two minutes).
STOMACH.
►
Retching (after third dose). ►
Vomiting (after third dose). ►
Uncomfortable feeling in the stomach (in seventeen minutes).
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Respiration 17 (before experiment); 19 (in two minutes); 17 (in seven
and thirteen minutes); 18 (in seventeen minutes); 17 (in twenty-two
minutes); 18 (in thirty minutes); 19 (in thirty-eight minutes); 18 (in
forty-two and forty-seven minutes); 20 (in fifty-four minutes); 18 (in
sixty-one minutes); 19 (in seventy-eight minutes); 18 (in ninety-two
minutes).
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Pulse 74 (before experiment); 73 (in two minutes); 70 (in seven
minutes); 69 (in thirteen minutes); 68 (in seventeen and twenty-two
minutes); 72 (in thirty minutes); 74 (in thirty-eight minutes); 76 (in
forty-two minutes); 77 (in forty-seven minutes); 72 (in fifty-four
minutes); 70 (in sixty-one minutes); 65 (in seventy-eight minutes); 68
(in ninety-two minutes).
GENERALITIES.
►
Prostration (in one hundred and six minutes).
SLEEP.
►
Disposition to sleep (in one hundred and six minutes).
FEVER.
[10.]
► Temperature by mouth 99° (before
experiment); 99° (in two and seven minutes); 99 1/2° (in seven,
thirteen, seventeen, and twenty-two minutes); 99 1/4° (thirty to
fifty-four minutes); 99° (in sixty-one minutes); 99 1/4° (in
seventy-eight and ninety-two minutes).® 2000
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