On the preparation and medicinal employment of aconitine, by the endermic method, in the treatment of tic douloureux and other painful affections / By Alexander Turnbull.

  • Turnbull, Alexander, 1794 or 1795-1881
Date:
1834
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Credit: On the preparation and medicinal employment of aconitine, by the endermic method, in the treatment of tic douloureux and other painful affections / By Alexander Turnbull. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    however, it is believed that the Aconi- tine was prepared for the first time in England, and its use was immediately resorted to in order to put the mode of action which theory had previously at- tributed to it to the test of experience. Some difficulty has arisen in obtaining a continued supply for use, and this circum- stance has prevented a few of the cases in which it has been employed from being entirely satisfactory; in so far, however, as conclusions can be drawn from these, the Aconitine has fulfilled the anticipations that had been formed of its utility. It was intended to have deferred giving any opinion upon the subject, or any account of the substance itself, until further opportunities for observing its action had occurred; but the curious properties possessed by the Alcaloid have of late become the topic of conversation amongst several Members of the Profes- sion, and in the course of last week it was