Induction of Labour by Quinine and Pituitrin
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That a physiologically active substance could be obtained from the pituitary body was first discovered by Oliver and Schafer1 in 1895. Some time afterwards (in 1906) Dale found that an extract of the posterior lobe could produce uterine contractions. This discovery was confirmed by Blair Bell3 in 1909; by experimental observations on rabbits he found that it caused powerful uterine contractions and that the contractions
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Intravenous Pituitrin
an almost moribund condition, I used intravenous injections of quinine bihydrochloride grs. 10 in 10 c.c. of normal saline with 10 minims of adrenalin chloride solution added. The injections were given very slowly at the rate of 1 c.c. per minute. In several other cases associated with collapse I used pituitrin 1 c.c. in 5 c.c. of normal saline, given slowly at the rate of about 2 c.c. per minu...
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