Coniinum Bromatum
by Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
CONIINUM BROMATUM. Authority.
Dr. Dujardin-Beaumetz, Bull. Gén. De Thérap., vol. xci, p. 8. Dr. S. took 15 centigrams of the crystallized Bromo-hydrate, representing 5 centigrams liquid Bromine and 8 centigrams Coniinum; the next day, at 7 A.M., took another dose.
After two hours I experienced vertigo, difficulty in intellectual work, and a state of cerebral emptiness, symptoms which attained their maximum about noon. There followed great muscular feebleness, but the predominating symptoms were vertigo and emptiness in the head. There was a state of inactivity rather than a tendency to sleep. The trouble disappeared after coffee.