TRIMETHYLAMINUM.
Trimethylamin, C3H9N.
Preparation
, solutions.
An alkaloid found in the following plants:
Chenopodium vulvaria, Cratægus oxycantha, Sorbus aucuparia, Phallus
impudicus, Pyrus communis, Arnica montana, Cotyledon umbilicus, Fagus
sylvatica, etc.; also in Herring-brine, Cold liver oil, etc.
Authority.
M. Dujardin-beaumetz, Nouvelles
Recherches sur la Triméthylamine, Paris, 1873; 1,
effects on himself, of 50 centigrams of the muriate dissolved in water; 2, another person in perfect health took 75
centigrams of the muriate; 3,
results of several experiments.►
This drug, according to several
experiments on patients, etc., diminishes the amount of urea; in one
case there was a diminution of over 2 grams during twenty-four hours, in
another 2.24 grams, in another a diminution of 3 grams, [3]. ► Pulse
88 (before the experiment); 84 (after one hour); 82 (later); 76 (after
two hours). There was not only a diminution in the number of pulsations,
but also a modification in the force, as shown by the tracing (it shows
no special modification, with the exception of diminution in the force
of the heart’s action), [2]. ► Pulse 78 (before the experiment); 76
(after one hour); 74 (after one hour and a half); 72 (after two hours);
78 (after four hours), [1]. ► Temperature 37.4° (before the
experiment); 37.2° (after one hour); 37° (after one hour and a half);
36.8° (after two hours), [1]. ► Temperature 37° (before the experiment);
36.8° (after one hour); 36.4° (later); 36° (after two hours), [2].® 2000
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