Bromide of Potassium as a Sedative

Bromide of Potassium as an Antidote to Chloroform

Bromide of Potassium in Writer's Palsy

heard of its being given, though very likely others have tried it, and its effects were, i may say, so startling that I ask you to publish the case. I was consulted recently by an English gentleman on account of that very troublesome affection, writer's spasm, from which he had been suffering for 9 months. He was in good general health, but the spasm of his right hand was so bad whenever be hel...

Sir Charles Locock and potassium bromide.

On 12 May 1857, Edward Sieveking read a paper on epilepsy to the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society in London. During the discussion that followed Sir Charles Locock, obstetrician to Queen Victoria, was reported to have commented that during the past 14 months he had used potassium bromide to successfully stop epileptic seizures in all but one of 14 or 15 women with 'hysterical' or catamenia...

Heptabarbitone as a Pre-operative Sedative.

There are advantages to be gained from using an oral barbiturate as a pre-operative sedative. Heptabarbitone (Medomin) has been given in a dose of 400 mg to fifty healthy patients undergoing minor gynaecological operations. Using a scoring system, the sedative effects of diis drug have been measured and found to be comparable with the sedation produced by papaveretum 20 mg and hyoscine 0.4 mg a...

Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride as a long-term sedative

Dexmedetomidine undoubtedly is a useful sedative in the intensive care setting because it has a minimal effect on the respiratory system. Dexmedetomidine infusions lasting more than 24 hours have not been approved since the first approval was acquired in the US in 1999. However, in 2008, dexmedetomidine infusions for prolonged use were approved in Colombia and in the Dominican Republic, and the...