Vomiting Caused by Morphia
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To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir.?In your issue for March 1927, the article by Mr. Y. S. Rao on the above subject is interesting, though vomiting is a fairly common symptom after administration of morphia. If he has not done so, I would recommend him to try instead Nepenthe (dose 15 to 20 drops orally administered). In my experience this drug only very rarely causes nausea, and never?so far as I knowvomiting.?Yours, etc., C. F. SCHAFFTER,
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