MEANS OF ADMINISTERING CHLOROFORM INTERNALLY.

Chloroform

It was perhaps fitting that Lieut.-Colonel Edward Lawrie, should signalise the year of his retirement from the post of R,esidenc\r Surgeon at Hyderabad by the publication of a volume on Chloroform, a subject with which he has been identified for many years past, and in defence of his views on which, and those of his master Syme, he has fought non sine gloria for many }7ears. The introduction to...

Chloroform

Administering vesicants.

01. A vesicant is defi ned as an agent that has the potential to cause a. Blistering, severe tissue injury, or tissue necrosis. b. A palpable cord along a vein. c. Immediate streaking along a vein. d. Aching and tightness along a vein. 02. Which of the following are vesicants in the “ABVD” chemotherapy protocol? More than one response may be correct. a. Doxorubicin b. Bleomycin c. Vinblastine d...

Case of Snake-Bite Treated by Means of Liquor Ammoniæ, Administered Subcutaneously and Internally

was dying. I found him in a state of stupor, his body cold, and his pulse scarcely perceptible. He was ordered a draught of 25 minims of strong liquor ammonias and an ounce of brandy, but it was found that he could not swallow. At 10 o'clock, that is to say about half an hour after lie was bitten, I injected 25 drops of strong liquor arnmoniae under the skin at the point where there was the mar...

Self-administering cannabinoids.

Endocannabinoids, which are typically released by principal cells in response to prolonged depolarization, act as retrograde messengers to inhibit synaptic transmission. A recent study shows that in a specific subtype of cortical interneuron, endocannabinoids released under similar circumstances can also act cell-autonomously. Here, endocannabinoids endow these neurons with a memory of their ow...