Apomorphine Hydrochloride in the Treatment of Persistent Hiccough
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most powerful emetic in the British Pharmacopoeia, and as such it is extensively used in cases of poisoning. As an expectorant also it is prescribed in cases of chronic bronchitis; I have never however seen it used for other conditions. Professors Savill and Osier advocate the use of the drug (in doses of 1110th to 118 of a grain) in cases of hiccough, but they do not explain how the drug acts in checking that distressing symp-
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دوره 63 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017