Ergotinum

Volume IV — Appendix

ERGOTINUM.

(See vol. iv, p. 4.9,)

II. 33. Rev. J. C, 36, under treatment for growth of I. vocal c«^*

had the following freely applied with a laryngeal brush dipped in ^ mixture 4 or 5 times every m. : 5J glycerine, 3J tr. iodine, and 1$ ' ergotin, increased on March 24th to 30 gr. Treatment begin March 20th, and continued without effects until 26th. On 27 ' complained of attack of agonising pain in cardiac region, lasting 3 0^ h. Heart's action rapid, ** throbbing," and respiration imped^. cold sensation felt round heart. Nothing more occurred until April t except sense of oppression at chest, the pain extending dow along inner border of sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle, outwards clavicle, and down arm to finger-tip ; numbness and partial lossofpoi^^ in arm and hand. Symptoms confined to 1. side ; passed off gradually 24 h. Ergotin discontinued. No pallor of arm, and pulse not aifevt" Never had symploms of angina pectoris or cardiac disease, and symptoms like the above prior or subsequent to treatment asdescnt**^ (T. N. Mills, Brit. Med. Journ., 1882, i, 937,)

1. Dr. Waggoner relates a case in which, for a hbtocff^ tumour of the \1tcTu9., E. was given internally (^ gr. — i gr. jtim**' d.) instead q\ by suVicvxtaweou's ■\^ttvvOT. *it^v,^l,e diminution 0/ ^

I place, but the patiieht's health (prenously vety fiu'r) wu red i she had torpor, lowered temperature, and some anaestremities, and finally died. {U. States Med. Invettigatsr^ 1875.)