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Morphinum morph.

Hering, 1879–91 (1879)In every bookSave

General

Sulphate of Morphia. C 17 H 19 N O 3 .
No provings. Experimental and toxicological effects are numerous (Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 6, p. 378 ).
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Vomiting , Hall, Organon, vol. 2, p. 247 ; Nervous spasms , Young, Hom. Phys., vol. 5, p. 166 ; Thickness of speech in chorea , Underwood, U. S. M. J, 1871, p. 282 ; Antidote to poisonous effects of atropia and Extr. Bellad ., R. K., Raue's Rec., 1870, p. 90.

Sensorium

Vertigo.

Sight and eyes

Double vision and disturbance of accommodation often accompanied by lachrymation.
Weakness of vision.
Sight impaired and feeble.
Vision at times seemed obscured by a fog.
Conjunctiva injected.
The look becomes unsteady.
Paresis of recti interni.
Diverging strabismus of both eyes.
Slight ptosis.

Taste, speech, tongue

Thickening of tongue and inability to talk distinctly. θ Chorea.

Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting

Vomiting.

Abdomen and loins

Inspiration accompanied by sharp pain in abdomen and along spine.
Tympanitis.

Stools and rectum

Diarrhœa.
Horrid tenesmus, straining.

Inner chest and lungs

Great jactitation ; impossibility of sleeping from dyspnœa and extension of disease ; hyperesthesia of nerves ; changing pulse. θ Inflammation of diaphragm.

Nerves

Weakness.
Trembling before and during a thunder storm (occasioned by the electrical state of the atmosphere).
After being struck by lightning ; any exposure to heat set her into spasms, nervous, so that she had to go into a cool place.

Temperature and weather

Any exposure to heat sets her into spasms, she had to go to a cool place ; after being struck by lightning.

Sensations

Vision as if impaired by fog.
Pains so violent as to threaten convulsions, or cause twitching or jerking of limbs.
Sharp pain : in abdomen and along spine.
Trembling : before and during thunder storm.
Itching : on face, neck, loins and genitals.

Tissues

Extreme susceptibility to pain ; pains so violent as to threaten convulsions, or cause twitching and jerking of limbs. θ Cancer.

Touch. passive motion. injuries

After being struck by lightning ; any exposure to heat sets her into spasms.

Skin

Itching, particularly on face, neck, loins and genitals.
Conical blotches either red or skin color, more easily felt than seen.

Stage of life, constitution

Young lady, after being struck by lightning ; nervous spasms.

Relations

Antidoted by : Acon., Atrop., Bellad ., strong infusion of coffee, Ipec ., the first and last being especially useful to remove secondary effects.