Meconinum
By Timothy F. Allen тАФ The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Meconine (Opianyl), C10H10O4 . A glucosside obtained from Opium.
Preparation for use , Triturations of the crystals.
Authority.
Harley, Old Vegetable Neurotics, p. 153.
1 , Effects of subcutaneous injection of 1/2 grain in solution; 2 , same, effects of 1 grain; 3 , same, effects of 2 grains.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Respiration 20 (before the injection); 16 (after one hour); 16 to 17, regular (after two hours and a quarter), 1.
- Respiration 20 (before first proving); 17 (two hours after second proving), 2.
- Respiration 20 (before first proving); 18 (one hour after third proving), 3.
PULSE
- Pulse 75 (before the injection); 66 (after one and two and a quarter hours), 1.
- Pulse 75 (before first proving); 65, regular, not quite so full as before the injection (two hours after second proving), 2.
- Pulse 75 (before first proving); 66 (one hour after third proving), 3.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
SLEEP. [10.]
- Somnolency (after twenty minutes); had had a few light dozes (after two hours); somnolency continued; went home and slept well all night, and was sleepy, as usual after his opiate injections, all the next day, 2.
- Felt very comfortable and sleepy, but not more so than on last occasion (after one hour); somnolency increased during last hour, but he had not actually slept since the injection (after two hours and a quarter); went home and slept well, and felt sleepy throughout the next day, 3.
- Slight somnolency (after about half an hour); had continued decidedly sleepy, but effect was passing off (after two hours and a quarter); did not sleep well during the night; slept most of the next day, 1.