MECONINUM.
Meconine (Opianyl), C10H10O4. A glucosside obtained from
Opium.
Preparation for use
, Triturations of the
crystals.
Authority.
Harley, Old Vegetable
Neurotics, p. 153. 1, Effects of
subcutaneous injection of 1/2 grain in solution; 2, same, effects of 1 grain; 3, same, effects of 2 grains.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Respiration 20 (before the injection); 16 (after one hour); 16 to 17,
regular (after two hours and a quarter), [1].
► Respiration 20 (before first
proving); 17 (two hours after second proving), [2]. ►
Respiration 20 (before first proving); 18 (one hour after third
proving), [3].
PULSE.
►
Pulse 75 (before the injection); 66 (after one and two and a quarter
hours), [1]. ►
Pulse 75 (before first proving); 65, regular, not quite so full as
before the injection (two hours after second proving), [2]. ► Pulse
75 (before first proving); 66 (one hour after third proving), [3].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Secretions free, [3]. ► Secretions quite free, [2]. ► Felt
very comfortable (after one hour), [1].
SLEEP.
[10.]
► Somnolency (after twenty minutes);
had had a few light dozes (after two hours); somnolency continued; went
home and slept well all night, and was sleepy, as usual after his opiate
injections, all the next day, [2].
► Felt very comfortable and sleepy,
but not more so than on last occasion (after one hour); somnolency
increased during last hour, but he had not actually slept since the
injection (after two hours and a quarter); went home and slept well, and
felt sleepy throughout the next day, [3].
► Slight somnolency (after about half
an hour); had continued decidedly sleepy, but effect was passing off
(after two hours and a quarter); did not sleep well during the night;
slept most of the next day, [1].® 2000
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