Lobelinum

Volume IV — Appendix

LOBELINUM.

Alkaloid obtained from Lobelia iuflata.

1. I. Dr. Ott took TTipfTj- of acetate at 2.25, a.56 and 3.10 p.m. Oeforc experiment, pulse was 74, rcsp. 17, temp, (in mouth) 99°. At 2 ra. there was tickling and dryness in throat ; pulse was 73, resp. 19. ^At 7 m. pulse 70, resp. 17, temp, unchanged. At 13 m., pulse 69,

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resp, 17, temp. 99'5°. At 17 m^ pupils dil; ing in stomach -, pulse 68, resp. 18. At 22 At 30 m., pulse 72; resp. r8; temp. 99^". ing and vomiting. At 38 m., pulse 74 ; resp. resp. 18. At 47 m., pulse 77. At 54 At 6t m., pulse 70, resp. 18 ; temp, (hithi 99°. At 78 m,, pulse 65 ; resp. 19 ; temp, pulse 68, resp. 18; temp. same. At 106 prostration, and disposition to sleep. {ChUt Nervous Dis., xi, 68.)

III. I. Same, in experimenting on the fn a progressive pralysis which finally stopped nected with, if not wholly due to, paralysis 01 were found insensitive to stimuli. {Ikid.)