Coca and Cocaine : $b Their history, medical and economic uses, and medicinal preparationsMartindale, William
History
Coca and Cocaine : $b Their history, medical and economic uses, and medicinal preparations
Martindale, William
Coca; Cocaine
Dangers from use of cocaine in eye cases supposed to be due to
decomposition accompanying fungoid growth. Graefe recommends the
cocaine salt to be dissolved in solution of mercuric chloride 1 in
20,000.—L. ii./85,863,996,1070,1119,1167; B.M.J. ii./85,971,1184.
Cocaine craving, 5 to 7 drachms per day of 4 per cent. solution caused
a state of system allied to delirium tremens.—L. ii./85,732.
Facial neuralgia relieved by quarter of a grain of salicylate of
cocaine—L. ii./85,733.
Hydrocele, medical cure of, a preliminary injection of cocaine solution
before the injection of iodine recommended.—L. ii./85,829.
Earache, a 2 per cent. solution of the hydrochlorate on wool is
useful.—B.M.J. i./86,87.
Toe-nail ingrowing, removal of, local injections should precede.—B.M.J.
ii./85,1060.
Larynx painted with 20 per cent. solution, a state of spasm was caused
which required chloroform to subside it.—L. ii./85,946.
Whooping-cough, 15 to 20 per cent. solution a valuable pigment to
the larynx.—B.M.J. ii./85,981,992. Also in spray with glycerine.—L.
ii./89,1098.
For removal of a pile, after bathing it with hot water, some dry
hydrochlorate was dusted over it, and one grain injected into its
base; in 10 minutes after on applying the clamp and cautery, it was
painlessly removed; the patient was next day able to attend his
business; also found useful in many minor operations.—L. i./86,527.
General résumé of its effects and uses. B.M.J. i./86,527,574.
Thigh successfully amputated under the influence of cocaine, 1 per
cent. solution injected into the skin and a half per cent. solution
into the deeper parts; only during the sawing of the bone did the man
complain of pain.—L. i./86,561 _ex Med. Jour._ N.Y., Feb. 20th.
Angina pectoris, ½ grain three times a day.—L. ii./86,459.
Morphine and nitrite of amyl are the best antidotes.—B.M.J. i./88,757.
Vomiting of pregnancy relieved by internal use.—L. ii./87,754, and for
sore nipples, 1061; B.M.J. ii./87,94.
Camphor 5, chloral 5, cocaine hydrochlorate 1, warmed, form an oily
liquid which cures toothache.—L. ii./86,324.
Slight pains especially spasmodic, relieved by injection of a 20 per
cent. solution into urethra.—L. i./88,871.
Painless tooth extraction if a 15 per cent. solution be injected into
the gum.—B.M.J. ii./86,601.
In dentistry is of doubtful advantage, there is some danger, the gums
do not absorb it.—L. ii./86,1190.
Two cases of poisonous symptoms following the injection of one grain
in 20 minims into gums, in tooth extraction.—L. i./88,872. Another
case.—Pr. xli. 288.
Lithotrity rendered painless by the injection of 16 grains dissolved
in 12 ounces of warm water into the bladder.—B.M.J. i./88,972.
Several cases of dangerous symptoms following its use in surgery.—L.
i./87,780; St. Thomas Hosp. Rep. vol. xv.
Thirty cases of danger narrated, chiefly following its hypodermic
use.—Th. Gaz. Jan. 1888, 16.
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