INTRASPINAL INJECTIONS OF MAGNESIUM SULPHATE IN DELIRIUM TREMENS
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The Control of Strychnine Convulsions by Intraspinal Injections of Magnesium Sulphate
We feel that the results obtained in the human case and in our animal experiments justify the supposition that magnesium sulphate may be of use in controlling cases of poisoning by strychnine. It is a method easily available not only in large hospitals but in private practice, and requires no elaborate technique. The amount of magnesium sulphate to be used should follow the advice of Meltzer (1...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1916
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1916.02590070033011