Clinical observations on the use of opium in low fevers, and in the synochus : illustrated by cases : with some previous remarks on the epidemic fever, which prevailed in 1785 at Oxford, and in the neighbouring counties : in a letter to John Badeley, M.D. ... / by Martin Wall, M.D.

  • Wall, Martin, 1747-1824.
Date:
1786
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Credit: Clinical observations on the use of opium in low fevers, and in the synochus : illustrated by cases : with some previous remarks on the epidemic fever, which prevailed in 1785 at Oxford, and in the neighbouring counties : in a letter to John Badeley, M.D. ... / by Martin Wall, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    An Apothecary's apprentice gave, by 4t miftake, twelve grains of opium, mixed with a few grains of Pulv. e Ch. Cane. V Compof. for a dofe. He difcovered his er- ror about half an hour after, and communi- cated it very properly to his mailer, who immediately gave ten grains of white vi- triol, without any effect. He then order- ed two or three ounces of vinegar to be taken and repeated. He confulted me what he mould do farther, about an hour after the vitriol had been fwallowed. I told him, I thought his dofe of vitriol had been too fmall, that it mould not have been lefs than half a dram, but that it was then too «; late for emetics, becaufe, if vomiting could be excited, probably but little of the opi- ** um would be difcharged, and therefore I M thought he Ihould attempt to counteract its operation by the ufe of acids, and the more he could get down the better. He prevailed on his patient to take near a pint of vine- gar. His pulfe was at that time, he faid, it verv