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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ...in the treatment of the disease itself: --Opium, Nux vomica, Belladonna, Lachesis, Arnica, Pulsatilla, Baryta carbonica, Silicea, Stramonium, Zincum metallicum, Acidum hydrocyanicum, Agaricus, kc In sanguineous or sthenic apoplexy (generally characterized by bloodshot eyes, redness of the face, full, hard pulse, oppressed and stertorous breathing. The paroxysm more usually comes on without warning, --although sometimes preceded by fulness, weight, and a dull pain in the head, attended with giddiness and drowsiness, --the patient suddenly falling to the ground, and seeming as if in a heavy sleep), Opium, Acon., Bella., Nux v., Lach., Stram., Ant., Coff., Hyos., Puls., &c, are the principal remedies. In asthenic apoplexy (chiefly defined by pale and sallow, but puffy, bloated countenance; feeble and easily compressible pulse, heavy, laborious respiration. This variety is more commonly ushered in by premonitory symptoms than the preceding, such as headache, giddiness, loss of memory, illusions of hearing, inarticulate speech, somnolency, and a disposition to clonic spasms), Ipecac, Merc, Dig., Am., --Baryt. c, Cocc, Con., Nux v., Puls., Zinc, Bella., Coff., Hyos., Stram., Cup., &c, are more frequently called for. Opium is held as a most important remedy in all cases of apoplexy when the disease has attained considerable height. It is one of the best remedies to commence with, when the attack has arisen from excess in drinking, and the symptoms are as follows: slow, stertorous breathing; red and bloated face; heat of the face and head, which latter is also covered with sweat: insensible and dilated pupils; stupor; tetanic rigidity of the entire frame, or convulsive movements and trembling in the extremities; foaming at the mouth. In elderly persons, Opium
