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Credit: A study of doses / by William Sharp. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![writesJan. 1, 1890. The girl took one dose of the medicine on Friday, it acted well; ditto Saturday; on Sunday she had an action naturally ; and having got into the habit as it were, she went daily for a week ; at the expiration of the week, she was again constipated, but on repeating the dose as before, she had copious re- lief ; now, when she is at all troubled, she takes a dose of her medicine, and it never fails. Mr. Shann.—Dec. 23, 1889. I gave one of my patients one-minim doses of Tinct. Op. B. P. three times a day, and he tell me that it has kept his bowels in very regular action once and sometimes twice a day, whereas he was formerly subject to constipation. Mr. Eichards.—Nov. 11, 1889. As regards Opium —I have constantly given it [in the small doses] to patients to cure constipation, and nearly always with success. This result from minute doses of Opium is the more interesting to me from the fact that a personal friend, who was most sceptical, tried half-drop doses in constipation and with the most satisfactory results. The following is a case testifying to the power of the smaller doses of Opium in apoplexy :— Case. 1855. Summoned by telegraph to a considerable dis- tance ; arrived at 10 o'clock at night: found a lady who had been seized with a fit of apoplexy while driving out; she was near her confinement; a physician and surgeon were attending her; they would not see me ; they were requested to come down stairs. On seeing the patient she and her bedroom presented a scene of discomfort and disorder difficult to describe; she was entirely apoplectic and unconscious, and from time to time had convulsions ; slight labour pains seemed to be coming on, and I re- quested that the surgeon should remain in the house. Belladonna, Aconite, and Nux Vomica were given at short intervals. Towards morning the labour pains in- creased and I retired. About six o'clock the child was born; the surgeon retired and I returned to my duty. It was hoped that the birth of the child would be followed by improvement in the mother, but it was not so; the apoplectic condition continued unabated, and there had been convulsions after the delivery. I gave Opium in](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22302311_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
