Emetine Injections in Sprue

The Emetine and Other Treatment of Amœbic Dysentery and Hepatitis Including Liver Abscess *Read at Medical Section of Asiatic Society of Bengal

say very little on the value of hypodermic injections of emetine hydrochloride introduced by me last year, as the rapid specific curative action of this treatment has been generally recognized in all parts of the world where amoebic cases are met with, and it is not too much to say that one of the most distressing and intractable diseases of tropical and sub-tropical climates has been conquered.

Sprue Treated by Emetine

Paresis Following Emetine Injections

sant action on the muscular and nervous systems, cases of actual paresis following injections of emetine hydrochloride are rare, and the following may be of interest. Case 1.?A Chinese lady had six hypodermic injections of emetine hydrochloride in the arm; after the third injection she developed increasing weakness in both upper extremities, and eventually could hardly lift up her hand or any-

Notes on Some Remedies IX. Amœbicides

There'is still an impression that the treatment of intestinal amcebiasis consists in simply giving a course of emetine injections which can be repeated periodically if the symptoms persist. This probably arose from the fact that, as with all new methods of treatment, early reports on emetine were unduly optimistic. The immediate effects of injections on the acute stage of amoebic dysentery, wit...

Pyorrhœa Alveolaris and Its Treatment by Vaccine and Emetine

condition in tropical India. Occasionally it is associated with impairment of the health of the patient, such as indigestion, sprue-like diarrhoea, and anaemia, so that it is not to be lightly regarded. The resistance of the disease to treatment is well known, and is reflected in the numerous local remedies which have been recommended, of which the best are tincture of iodine, peroxide of hydro...