Treatment of Delirium Tremens by Quinine
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complaining of want of sleep ; although fidgetty and nervous, he is nearly free from hallucinations. Ordered a calomel purge, quinine gr. 12, every 4th hour, and 15 tinct. opii. with camphor mixture every 5th hour until sleep is procured. On the night of the 9th he slept at short intervals and has not been violent. On the lltli he has on the whole improved. The calomel purge was repeated. On the 13th although the opiate draughts were by mistake omitted he got his first sound sleep. The nervousness and fidgetty condition as well as the muscular tremor have almost disappeared ; he feels weak and feeble, and unable to move without support; his tongue is covered with a ?
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