Cats under 15 days of age tolerate twice the toxic dose of morphin for the adult cat.
The difference was very striking between intramuscular and subcutaneous administration of curara or adrenalin; the results were somewhat different with morphin and with fluorescin.
The stimulating effect of morphin on the nervous system in some animals was also observed by Noe(65) in experiments with this substance on the hedgehog.
As shown in their protocols, the onset of the symptoms after the intramuscular injection of morphin was sooner than after subcutaneous injection, but in time the difference diminishes and disappears altogether.
It is made of sweetened water and morphin, about one-third grain of morphinto the ounce.
In reply to an inquiry as to whether their remedy contains morphin and cannabis indica, the Piso Company replies: "Since the year 1872 Piso's Cure has contained no morphin or anything derived from opium.
The codein habit is well known to all institutions which treat drug addictions, and is recognized as being no less difficult to cure than the morphin habit.
Antiseptic mouth-washes are used to diminish the fœtor of the breath and the risk of pneumonia, and heroin or morphin to relieve pain.
The pain may be relieved to some extent by cocain or orthoform, but as a rule the free administration of morphin is called for.
The last stages of the opium or of the morphinslave is probably the lowest state of depravity into which the human being can sink.
Sidenote: Origin of the morphin habit] Opium is eaten or smoked by the Chinese and by other Asiatic races to a very great extent.
The general effects and the uses of the crude opium and the refined morphin may be considered together.
Prescriptions containing either opium or morphin are frequently given to relieve pain, or to produce sleep, when the primary trouble is chronic, and should be treated by removing the causes, and not alleviated by stupifying the nerves.
Sidenote: Effect of opium] The effect upon the body of either opium or of morphin is that of benumbing the nerves and producing sleep.
In this country the morphin habit is the more common form.
Morphin is either taken internally or is injected beneath the skin by a hypodermic syringe.
It is estimated that the great majority of the morphin slaves in this country begin the use of this drug under "their" doctor's prescription.
The woman was placed in bed, on the right side, and morphin was administered.
When deprived of their accustomed dose of morphin the sufferings which these patients experience are terrific, and they pursue all sorts of deceptions to enable them to get their enslaving drug.
Chaffee speaks of recovery after the ingestion of 18 grains of morphin without vomiting.
In conditions of extreme nervousness, especially in women, recourse to morphin is attended by the very real danger of the formation of a habit.
The assurance is offered: “Neurosine contains no chloral, morphin or other objectionable drug--a fact of the utmost importance when administering medicines to neurotic women.
And the exploiters of this morphin solution have the effrontery to claim that it does not create a habit!
From the information gathered it appears that the sales of heroin and heroin-containing preparations have increased greatly, particularly in those states which have rigid laws preventing the indiscriminate sale of morphin and cocain.
There are still some physicians, apparently, who give credence to the assertions of the manufacturers concerning the morphin preparation from which, it is claimed, all of the undesirable morphin effects have been removed.
Potent alkaloids such as aconitin, cocain, morphin and strychnin were not found.
From Papine, however, the morphin has not been removed, for since the passage of the Food and Drugs Act the label has to admit that Papine contains 1 grain of morphin in each ounce!
An editorial entitled “One Notch Ahead of Morphin” is devoted to that vicious morphin solution sold under the proprietary name “Papine.
Furthermore, it said that the presence of morphin in the product was acknowledged before the passage of the Food and Drugs Act.
Drug fiends are apparently able to consume relatively large quantities of morphinor cocain, but any sudden and material increase in the amount of heroin taken is liable to prove fatal.
He is still sufficiently shrewd to securemorphin in violation of the law.
Various forms ofmorphin are also used, as also is narcophin.
It is not necessary to keep the patient continuously under the influence of the drug, as in the case of the scopolamin-morphin method of "twilight sleep.
We expect much of the recent forced enthusiasm to die down, while scopolamin-morphin anesthesia takes it proper place among other scientific methods of alleviating the pangs of labor.
Before the Harrison Narcotic Law went into effect, “Hypno-Bromic Compound” contained half a grain of morphin sulphate to the ounce instead of its present one-fourth grain.
It is claimed that Medinal is used in the withdrawal treatment of morphin addiction with great success; there is no evidence that Medinal has any special usefulness in this treatment of the morphin habit.
Small doses of morphin given alone are preferable when sleeplessness is due to severe pain.
It is not the promptest and most reliable analgesic; morphin is superior and salicylate is just as efficient.
In the beginning of the attack, if the pain is severe, causing the animal to lie down or paw, morphin may be given by the mouth in 5-grain doses, or the fluid extract of Cannabis indica may be used in doses of 2 to 4 drams.
If the pain of coughing is great, 2 or 3 grains of morphinmay be added to the electuary.
Small doses of morphin had a vogue; codein had its turn after its introduction, and heroin also had a time of popularity.
Hence a fair dose of morphin hypodermicaly with a small dose of atropin, if respiratory depression is feared, is a physiologic method of bettering the condition.
It is excessively rare that a hypodermic of one- fourth grain of morphin sulphate is needed, except for the conditions enumerated.
On the other hand, this patient may many times be quieted by one-tenth grain of morphin sulphate on account of the size of the dose being not sufficient to stimulate the spinal cord.
If pain is not severe, or due to inflammatory distention of some undilatable part, to pressure on some nerve, to distention of some tube by a calculus or to some serious injury to the nerves, large doses of morphinare not needed.
If there is insomnia, morphin in small doses will not only cause sleep, but also not hurt the heart.
The dose of morphin need not be large, and the atropin may prevent nausea from the drug.
The safest hypnotic, if one is needed, is morphin in small doses.
The greatest mistake in using morphin for the production of sleep, or for physical and mental rest and comfort when there is not severe pain, is in giving too large a dose.
In these vomiting and collapse cases the hypodermic administration of morphin and atropin will not only stop the vomiting, at least temporarily, but will also give necessary rest.
Dogs stand large doses ofmorphin without apparent ill effect, so that repeated injection may be given in smaller dosage until the desired degree of relaxation results.
Hare, been preceded by a full dose of morphin sulphate (i.
Morphin subcutaneously administered, has a constricting action on the vessels which renders it of value in controlling hemorrhage.
For laryngeal operation and bronchoscopy the following technic is used: One hour before operation the patient is given hypodermatically a full physiologic dose of morphin sulphate (from 1/4, to 3/8 gr.
In cases in which cocain is deemed contraindicatedmorphin alone is used.
If marked distress is present, morphin is given and where there is much rise of temperature, cold drinking water is offered in abundance and catharsis is enhanced by enemata.
Apparently morphin and nitrous oxid both act through this interference with oxidation in the brain.
In our experiments no increase in the H-ion concentration was produced by morphin or by scopolamin, no matter how deep the narcotization.
On the other hand, in animals in which an acidity had already been produced by ether, by shock, by anger, or by fear, the later administration ofmorphin delayed or inhibited entirely the neutralization of the acidity.
But morphin does not prevent the action of adrenalin injected into the circulation, hence the control of morphin over energy expenditure is exerted directly on the brain-cells.
In animals already narcotized by morphin the production of acid by any of the acid-producing stimuli was delayed or prevented.
Morphin and decapitation cause no change in the H-ion concentration.
Deep narcotization with morphin and scopolamin is induced slowly; the respiratory and pulse-rate are progressively lessened-- and there is no acidity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "morphin" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.