If the skin is very moist, atropin is indicated, alone or combined with strychnine.
When these symptoms present themselves, the use of carbolic acid should be withdrawn, and the administration of sulphate of soda and atropin begun.
The use of small doses of atropin and ergotin was recommended by von Bergmann.
Another case, wherein the antagonism of atropin for muscarin was demonstrated, was brought to our notice during the month of September of the past year.
This difference in action, he thinks, may be very properly attributed to the varying proportion of the above-mentioned atropin in the mushroom or to the presence of substances which develop only in the extreme north.
The pilz-atropin (mushroom atropin) was discovered by Schmiedeberg in a commercial preparation of muscarin, and later Prof.
Knowing that sulphate of atropin has proved the most successful remedy for the active principle of the Fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, a small dose, one-sixtieth of a grain, was taken by each.
For muscarin as for neurin poisoning the antidote is atropin administered internally or by subcutaneous injection.
Small doses of atropin can also be taken internally, to accelerate heart action.
In the treatment of iritis the eyes are shaded from the light and completely rested, and the pupil is well dilated by atropin to prevent adhesions.
In children suffering from keratitis, the eyes should be protected from the light by smoked or coloured glasses, and the pupils should be dilated with atropin from time to time, especially in cases complicated with iritis.
He adopted atropin where the heart block was associated with auricular fibrillation.
Atropin may be of value in some forms of hypotension.
Theoretically, however, before such atropin dosage, an idiosyncrasy against belladonna should be determined.
Also, atropin sometimes quiets cardiac pain, but it will not steady the heart, may irritate it, and will increase vasomotor tension, although peripheral nerve irritation may be diminished.
Under the influence of atropin the heart rate is increased by paralysis of the vagi.
Atropin should not be given, as it may increase the cardiac disturbance.
The dose of morphin need not be large, and the atropin may prevent nausea from the drug.
On the other hand, if the heart is acting sluggishly, the peripheral circulation is imperfect, and atropin is not acting well, it is advisable to give strychnin in a dose not too large and not too frequently repeated.
Some anesthetists believe that it is better to administer morphin, with perhaps atropin hypodermically before the anesthesia, and then to use ether.
If the blood vessels are dilated and the perspiration profuse, atropin is indicated, both as a cardiac stimulant and contractor of the blood vessels and as a preventer of too profuse sweating.
Atropin has been used to differentiate functional heart block from that produced by a lesion.
If there are weakening perspirations, atropin should be given, especially as it is also a circulatory stimulant.
It should be remembered that atropin is not a sleep-producer; it may stimulate the cerebrum.
Atropin will cause dilatation of the pupil when a few drops of the urine are placed in the eye of a cat or rabbit.
Amanita muscaria is used for food the conditions are favorable for a large production of pilz-atropin which neutralizes the muscarine, thus making the plant harmless.
The amount of pilz-atropin present varies, as other constituents of mushrooms vary, with varying conditions of soil, climate, etc.
I know that atropin is ruin, right enough," said Kingozi grimly.
Pilocarpin andatropin had exactly the opposite effect.
Should he try to brace up the heart with atropin for the last struggle?
Meanwhile his eyes were attended to; they were less swollen, but could not bear the light; atropin was used to them and the compresses changed for a light bandage.
If atropin has been administered for from two to three weeks, respiration is likewise affected.
When the administration of atropin is continued for a longer time its usual effects on the pulse disappear altogether; there is, on the contrary a decreased frequency of the pulse.
Similar results were obtained by von Anrep, who observed that atropin is less toxic in young than in full-grown animals.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "atropin" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
