OPIUM.
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
In both sexes the procreative power is greatly lessened, and in those
women who, nevertheless, do bear children the secretion of milk is
defective. The influence of the habit on the generative functions is,
indeed, so decided that, were it not for fresh arrivals from China and
other parts of the East, the population of Singapore would very soon be
seriously diminished, [232]. ► The sexual organs, at first
preternaturally excitable, gradually loose their tone, [232]. [1230.]
► All opium-smokers become impotent
at a much earlier period of life than others, [212]. ► Male.
► Cutting pain in genitals when
passing water (after seven days), [155].
► Male impotency, [35], [75].
► Impotency, [26], [192].
► Gradu impotentiæ (after 4 to 6
grains), [130]. ► Excessive erections, [24]. ►
Violent erections (after two hours and a half), [112]. ►
Frequent erections in sleep, at night, [119].
► Erections during sleep, and after
waking, impotency, [84]. ► Erection during sleep, and after waking,
complete impotency, [84]. [1240.] ►
It excites sexual desire, with erections, emissions, and lascivious
dreams, [67]. ► Amorous ecstasy; erections for
twenty-four hours; lascivious dreams; nightly emissions, [90]. ►
Excitement of sexual desire; erections; nightly emissions, [37]. ►
Nightly emissions (first night), [1].
► Amorous fancies; emissions at
night, [45]. ►
Excitement of sexual desire, [1], [95]. ►
Immoderate lasciviousness, [79]. ► It is considered to enervate and weaken
sexual desire, [95]. ► In some, excitement; in others,
diminution of sexual desire, [80].
► No inclination for coition during
the whole proving, [235a]. [1250.] ►
Sexual desire indolent, [76]. ► It cools the desire for coition, [75]. ►
Female. ► A mucous
discharge begins to flow from the organs of generation, [232]. ► The
uterus is so soft that the movements of the child can be felt
externally, [69]. [Coincident with
a general paralyzed state. -Hughes. Original revised by Hughes.] ► Excessive labor-like pains in the uterus,
that oblige her to bend the abdomen together, with an anxious, almost
ineffectual desire for stool (after a quarter of an hour), [1]. ►
The movements of the fœtus in utero were violently painful; sometimes
omitting for several hours, then returning more violent than ever, [69]. ►
Menstruation increased (after two hours), [1].
► Menstruation appeared out of the
regular order (second day), [203].
► While she continued using the Opium
daily her catamenia did not appear; but, on forsaking the drug for a
month or two, she becomes “regular” without any emmenagogue, [218]. ►
Catamenia did not appear during these five years, but afterwards the
onychia was cured by an operation, and every month since the menses have
punctually appeared without the aid of any medicine, [217]. [1260.]
► Catamenia did not appear after
taking the Opium, notwithstanding she had been perfectly regular until
then, [216]. ►
Her catamenia, which had been regular, have never since appeared (after
five years), [215]. ► (Opium did not disturb the regularity of
the menses, though it had been used daily for thirty years, in doses as
large as a drachm and over, for extremely painful and spasmodic
attacks), [52].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Spasms of the respiratory muscles at times, [263]. ► Larynx.
► *Tickling in the larynx, with violent
dry racking cough, lasting ten minutes; both the dryness and cough
relieved by a glass of water; they however, returned after a quarter of
an hour, with so great violence that tears came to the eyes; again
relieved by drinking water, after which he fell asleep for
over two hours, and was again awakened by paroxysms of cough, which,
however, were less violent and accompanied by some expectoration of
mucus, at 3 A.M. (after five hours and a half). Tickling in the larynx,
causing dry cough, which lasted more than six minutes, with
lachrymation, relieved by drinking water (this cough was the same as
that which woke him from sleep at 3.45 A.M.), (after 3.15 P.M., second
day). *Tickling in the larynx and dry cough,
soon after 2 A.M., that ceased after five or six minutes, without
drinking water (second night). Dry cough, with tickling and
scraping in the larynx woke me at 3 A.M.; this time it lasted scarcely
five minutes (fourth night), [110].
► Bronchi. ► Bronchial irritation and expectoration
(after eight hours), [223]. ► Voice. ►
Voice harsh and hollow, [165]. ► Voice deep and harsh, [166]. ► Voice
gruff, [162]. ► Voice quivering, [232]. [1270.]
► Extreme hoarseness, [99]. ►
Hoarseness, [99], [189]. ►
Hoarseness, with a very dry mouth and white tongue, [38]. ►
Hoarseness, as if caused by mucus in the trachea, [1]. ► Cough and
Expectoration. ► Paroxysms
of violent dry cough, followed by yawning and a sudden loud cry (after
thirty-six hours), [1]. ► *Dry cough, with tickling and scraping in the
larynx, woke him from sleep very early in the morning (second
day), [110a]. ► Cough hollow, very dry, immediately after
a dose, soon disappearing, [1]. ► Cough on swallowing, [31]. ► Cough
caused by swallowing a liquid, [31].
► Cough aggravated after eating, [1]. [1280.]
► During the whole period of years
through which I had taken Opium, I had never once caught cold, not even
the slightest cough, but now a violent cold attacked me, and a cough
soon after, [231]. ► *Cough, with scanty tenacious expectoration,
with much rattling in the chest (fifth day), [267]. ►
Expectoration of large quantities of mucus and pus, [162]. ►
Constant expectoration of mucus, [162].
► Expectorates frothy mucus, [62]. ►
Expectoration of thick bloody mucus, [62].
► Expectoration of blood, [99]. ►
It restrains the expectoration of blood and evacuation of stool, [89]. ►
Rapid respiration, [22]; (first
day), [235]. ► Respiration. ►
Sensation of choking (after fifteen minutes), [191]. [1290.]
► Respiration 34 in a minute,
slightly stertorous, with inspiration of a stridulous character (after
two hours), [256]. ► Respiration rapid, difficult, [67]. ►
Respiration rapid, oppressed anxious, [38].
► Rapid and anxious respiration
(after five or six hours), [194]. ► Breathing became more frequent, [206]. ►
Breathed hurriedly (after half an hour), [255].
►► *Frequent involuntary deep
breathing, [111]. ► Breathing oppressed, [232]. ► Great
obstruction to the breathing, [265].
► Embarrassed respiration, which soon
amounted to an agony, without the least symptom of narcotism; much the
same sensation was produced by each inspiration experienced by the
inhalation of pure nitrogen gas, the air seeming to leave the lungs
without having performed its functions, there being at the same time a
sense of dryness in the fauces and larynx, [233]. [1300.]
► Breathing very considerably
embarrassed, the inspirations and expirations being separated by an
unusually long interval, and accompanied by slight rattling, [197]. ►
Deep, hurried respiration, [246]. ► Respiration moderately disturbed, rather
frequent and anxious, [182]. ► Oppressed respiration, [171]; (after seven hours), [225]. ►
Respiration difficult, and rattling, [190].
► Great difficulty in breathing, [316]. ►
Breathing difficult, and was performed with intervals of half a minute
at least between each respiration (after four hours), [219]. ►
Breathing difficult (after half an hour); stertorous, six in a minute
(after six hours and a quarter), [278].
► Straightened difficult breathing, [47b]. [Original revised by Hughes.] ► Difficult respiration, [41]. [Omit anxiety. -Hughes.] [1310.] ►
Breathing short, [290]. ► *Respiration laborious and drawn at long
intervals, [339]. ► Breathing laborious, at times stertorous,
at others accompanied with a distinct stridor (after eight hours), [225]. ►
*Respiration difficult, oppressed, especially at night, [1]. ►
Respiration difficult, impeded, [92].
► Respiration became difficult, as if
the pectoral muscles were tense (fifth day), [118]. ► On
awaking, breathing heavy and oppressed, [206].
► *Breathing laborious (after
six hours), [127]; (after one
hour), [176], [316]. ►
Respiration difficult, [90];
(after one hour), [251], [269]. ►
Respiration anxious, [123]. [1320.] ►
Impeded respiration, dyspnœa, [86].
► Respiration interrupted, [9]. ►
He suddenly became blue in the face and tried to cough, but had no
breath (suffocative catarrh), followed by deep sleep, with cold sweat
over the whole body (after thirty hours), [1].
► Attacks of suffocation during sleep
(nightmare), [1]. ► Attacks of suffocation, [190]. ►
Complete apoplectic respiration (after three hours); the apoplectic
respiration nearly suspended (after eight hours), [345]. ►
Excessive dyspnœa (after four hours), [236].
► Dyspnœa (fourth day), [267]. ►
Dyspnœa, as if threatened by stitch in the side, and tension in the
scapulæ, [28]. ► Asthma, [99].
[Original revised by Hughes.] [1330.]
► Breathing gradually becoming heavy
and oppressed; stertorous (after six hours and a quarter); respiration 6
(after nine hours); 8, no stertor (after nine hours and a half); 8,
attended with a soft sighing moan (after eleven hours); 11 (after twelve
hours and a quarter); 12 (after twenty-nine hours), [278]. ►
Breathing regular, but deeper and slower than usual, [142]. ►
Respiration very deep and sonorous (after three hours and a half), [145]. ►
*Respiration loud, difficult, rattling, [31]. ►
Respiration loud, difficult, [56].
► Respiration loud, heavy, [56]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ► Breathing somewhat loud and slow (after
eleven hours), [333]. ►► *Respirations long and sighing,
[26]. ►
Unusual sound of respiration, [272].
► Loud breathing, soon, [225]. [1340.]
►► *Deep and frequent sighing,
[147]. ►
Snoring loudly, [343]. ►► *Snoring respiration, [31]; (after one hour and a half), [318]. ►
Snoring on expiration during sleep, [1].
► *Respiration rattling (after
six hours), [124]. ► Deep heavy respiration, [31]. ► *Deep
stertorous breathing, [81];
(after seven hours), [249]. ► Respiration moaning, deep, stertorous, [149]. ►►
*Stertorous respiration, [144],
[156], [198], etc. ►
Respirations stertorous (after five hours); hurried (after seven hours
and a half), [307]. [1350.] ►
Stertorous breathing; respiration from 6 to 8 (after two hours and
twenty minutes), [293]. ► Respiration stertorous, 10 per minute
(after five hours), [241]. ► Respirations 11, stertorous (after five
hours and twenty minutes), [309]. ► Respiration 12, stertorous (after three
hours and a half), [297]. ► Respiration 14, stertorous, [295]; (after seven hours), [296]. ►
Respiration 20, stertorous (after three hours); slow (after four hours),
[300]. ►
Rapid stertorous breathing (after eight hours), [315]. ►
Stertorous breathing; occasionally there was such an impediment in the
respiration that the face became livid, and the child apparently, dead, [214]. ►
Breathing stertorous, and accompanied by hiccough (after fifteen
minutes), [208]. ► Breathing stertorous and embarrassed
(after twenty hours), [226]. [1360.] ►
Respiration stertorous, with a mucous rattle from the throat (after six
hours and three-quarters), [306]. ► Respiration stertorous, noisy, [252]. ►
*Respiration slow and stertorous, [14]; (after two hours and a half), [38]; (after six hours and a half), [334], etc. ►
*Respiration slow and stertorous, very slow, [244]. ► *Deep,
slow, stertorous, puffing respiration, [179]. ►
Breathing slow and stertorous (after thirty minutes); very laborious,
each inspiration giving a long struggling sound; it would draw four
inspirations, at the rate of 16 per minute, and then cease to inhale
about thirty seconds, when the four inspirations would again be drawn;
on the fourth inspiration a general spasm of the muscles would seize it
(after three hours); after remedies it breathed continuously, but with
great difficulty, at the rate of thirty inspirations to the minute, for
twenty minutes (after six hours); after this it would draw only three
respirations at the rate of 12 to the minute, when spasms would occur,
and the suspensions of breathing become longer. At the tenth hour it
drew but two inspirations together about twelve seconds a part, and then
suspended for nearly a minute; it continued to labor for breath in this
way until the end of the eleventh hour, when it died, [229]. ►
Respiration slow, irregular, and stertorous (after three hours and a
half), [288]. ► Respiration slow, laborious, stertorous,
and very irregular; sometimes more than a minute would intervene between
the respirations, when inspiration would suddenly occur, accompanied
with a loud and disagreeable snore (after one hour and a half), [257]. ►
*Breathing irregular, slow, and stertorous, respirations
eight in the minute (after seven hours), [258].
► Breathing labored and stertorous
(after four hours and a half), [259].
[1370.] ►
Breathing very irregular, with stertor (after four hours), [275]. ►
Respiration stertorous and difficult, [311].
► Respiration 12, slightly stertorous
(after five hours), [303]. ► Respiration slightly stertorous (after
three hours), [298], [301]. ►
Occasional stertorous breathing, [322].
► Respiration sobbing, interrupted, [8]. ►
*Respiration moaning, slow (after four hours), [68]. ► Loud
breathing and convulsion; his hands clenched, and his teeth firmly set;
breathing stertorous after the convulsion passed off (after six hours), [289]. ►
Respiration deep, difficult, interrupted during the convulsions, [151]. ►
Frequent deep inspirations, with convulsive motions of the jaw, [155]. [1380.]
► He breathed convulsively for ten
times in a minute, then did not breathe for a minute (after seven or
eight hours), [289]. ► Gets his breath with great exertion and
anxiety, with open mouth, [38]. ► Respiration short and rattling, from time
to time stopping entirely for half a minute, [73]. [“Schnarchendes” is
“röchelnden” in the original. -Hughes.] ►
Respiration rattling, slow, and irregular, [267]. ► In
some, difficulty of breathing is a prominent symptom, increasing
gradually to an urgent sense of suffocation, and depending generally on
œdema of the lungs or effusion into the pleural sac, [232]. ►
Breathing slow and labored from the amount of mucous secretion
accumulated in the bronchi, which caused a noise equal and in all
respects similar to that of the “death rattle,” [335]. ►
Complete apoplectic respiration (after three hours), [135]. ►
Respiration irregular (after four hours), [236],
[266]; (third day), [267], [277],
[332]. ►
Respiration quiet, at times associated with a kind of grunt, [150]. ►
At times some single deep respirations, at other times arrest of
breathing for some minutes, [1]. [1390.] ►
Respiration irregular, threatening suffocation, [36]. ►
Respiration oppressed, not only difficult, but also irregular, [96]. ►
Respiration at one time stertorous and loud, at another heavy and very
weak, [37]. ►
Breathing very irregular (after eleven hours), [240]. ►
Breathing very irregular, with a tendency to become weaker at every
moment, occasionally ceasing altogether, until again awakened by
artificial means, [284]. ► Respiration ceases; for five minutes he
seems dead; then short sudden gasps, as if he would hiccough, [83]. ►
Respiration very variable, and often only 5 per minute, [237]. ►
Respiration variable, occasionally full and deep, then ceasing for a
time, [322]. ►
Respiration became less laborious, followed by copious perspiration, [146]. ►
Respiration is arrested for a minute at a time, then recommences with a
deep sigh, [81]. [Revised by
Hughes.] [1400.] ► Respiration three or four times in a
minute, with sighing, [188]. ► Respiration three or four times per
minute; jerking, and somewhat stertorous, [242].
► Respiration not quite four to the
minute, obstructed by accumulation of mucus (after fifteen hours); later
a bloody mucus bubbled out of the nostrils, on turning him upon the
right side, [263]. ► Respiration slow (after one hour); but four to the minute, the intervals between
the inspirations irregular, and each time we had to resort to shaking
and slapping the patient to provoke the automatic action of the
respiratory muscles, and to raising him suddenly to the sitting posture,
for the same object (after five hours), [263].
► Breathing slow and heavy, but not
stertorous, [264]. ► Respirations four or five per minute
(after eight hours), [315]. ► Respirations not quite seven per minute, [342]. ►
Respiration eight per minute, [294].
► Respiration slow, [1]; (after one hour), [180], [204];
(after half an hour), [227]. ► Respiration very slow, [286], [333].
[1410.] ►
Respiration constantly shorter and shorter, [81]. ►
Respiration slow, difficult, stertorous, [30].
► Respiration slow, with from time to
time a deep inspiration, [292]. ► Respiration constantly less and less
frequent till death, [81]. ► *Respiration slow, sighing, [139], [150].
► Respiration slow and sonorous
(after five hours and a half), [143].
► Respiration slow and embarrassed, [168]. ►
Respiration, slow interrupted, attended with occasional moaning, [238]. ►
*Respiration slow, now and then moaning (after forty-eight
hours), [167]. ► Breathing slow, laborious, and
accompanied with a loud mucous rhonchus (after eighteen hours), [226]. [1420.]
► Breathing slow and laborious, [172]; (after two hours), [175], [274].
► Respiration slow, being about 20,
deep drawn, [183]. ► Breathing less frequent than natural, but
without any stertor (after four hours), [201].
► Extraordinarily slow respiration,
with thready pulse, 110, remained after the poisoning, [253]. ►
Respiration slow, but otherwise natural (after one hour), [254]. ►
Respiration slow, almost imperceptible (after two hours), [184]. ►
Breathing slow, almost imperceptible, and suspended at intervals, [239]. ►
Respiration rare (after one hour and a half), [200]. ►
Breathing very shallow, both chest and abdomen being almost immovable
(after twelve hours), [283]. ► Respiration shallow, [161]; (after a quarter of an hour), [282]. [1430.]
► Respiration very imperfectly
carried on, being scarcely perceptible, and occasionally slightly
stertorous (after six hours), [207].
► Respiration interrupted (after half
an hour), [248]. ► Respiration exceedingly weak, [285]. ►
By a casual observer, respiration would hot have been discovered after
seventeen hours, [247]. ► Respiration scarcely perceptible, [148], [340].
► Breathing not perceptible, [179], [248].
► Respiration imperceptible, at times
with some noise, [91]. ► Respiration perfectly inaudible, and some
attention necessary to perceive the motion of the ribs (after two hours
and a half), [136]. ► Respiratory function suspended (after two
hours), [250].
CHEST.
►
Lungs somewhat oppressed, [135], [345]. [1440.]
► Oppression of the chest, [203]; (first, third, fifth, and seventh
days), [235], [235a]. ►
Indescribable oppression in the chest, [232].
► Oppression of the chest, making
respiration difficult, and lasting a quarter of an hour (after 12
drops), [100]. ► Anxiety, with contraction and tightness
of the chest, [62]. ► Heaviness in the chest, with frequent
need of taking a deep breath, with at times gasping for air; the clothes
were too tight; the beat of the heart could not
be felt (after two hours), [115a].
► Pressure in the thorax frequently
occurring, causing hacking cough, which always relieved it for a short
time (after 3 drops), [106]. ► Pain in the chest (fourth day), [267]. ►
Violent pain in the chest (tenth day), [235],
[235a]. ►
Very violent pain in the chest, lasting through the afternoon, and
making respiration difficult (sixth day), [235].
► Pain in the chest, and a cough,
which has continued ever since, five or six years (after the
discontinuance of the drug), [177].
[1450.] ►
Tensive pain beneath the short ribs, along the attachment of the
diaphragm, while breathing, [1]. ► Constriction of the chest, as if it were
stiff; difficult respiration, [99].
► Recurring stitches starting from
within the thorax and extending outward, especially towards the right
scapula (after 3 drops), [106]. ► He feels heat in the chest (perceptible
to himself), [16]. ► Front and Sides. ► Constrictive (pinching) pain in the
sternum and back, felt on motion, [1].
► Drawing-tearing pain in the side of
the chest, [1]. ► Excessive pressive pain in the right side
of the chest, even when not breathing, with stitches in the same side
during inspiration (after one hour), [1].® 2000
Article