PARALDEHYDE: HYPNOTIC AND DIURETIC.

Intramuscular Paraldehyde

Potentiation of Paraldehyde Hypnosis by Tolbutamide.

Beaser (1958) has recorded that prior administration of tolbutamide produces an intolerance to alcohol in the form of hot flushes. Disulfiram produces such an intolerance in a more marked· way. Keplinger and· Wells (1957) have reported that disulfiram prolongs the hypnotic effect of paraldehyde in mice. Hence it is possible that tolbutamide may have some action on paraldehyde anaesthesia analog...

Effect of Intramuscular Paraldehyde in Chorea

P., Hindu female child, aged 9 years, was admitted to the Children's Ward. Complaints :?Choreic movements, duration 10 days. On examination.?Violent choreic movements involving the whole body. Temperature normal, pulse rate 90, and irregular respiratory movements with an average rate of 20 per minute. Tonsils enlarged and epitrochlear glands palpable. Tendon jerks diminished. Abdominal reflex l...

Chloral Hydrate and Paraldehyde as Drugs of Addiction

drug by a physician. Instead of giving their patients rational treatment, i.e., investigating fully the causes leading to sleeplessness and removing them, medical men often resort to the easier course of giving powerful chemical substances with a soporific action. Again, certain manufacturers of medicinal drugs employ on. their staff medical men and others who carry on an extensive propaganda b...

Types of hypnotic dreams and their relation to hypnotic depth.

Several types of experiences in response to suggestions to have a dream are described, namely: (a) simply thinking about something; (b) daydreaming; (c) vivid hallucinations, like watching a film; and (d) feeling "bodily located in" a "dream world." In 2 experiments, only a minority of Ss rated their experiences as dreamlike, even when hypnotized. Significant positive relationships were found b...