On the animal alkaloids : the ptomaïnes, leucomaïnes, and extractives in their pathological relations / by Sir William Aitken.

Date:
1889
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Credit: On the animal alkaloids : the ptomaïnes, leucomaïnes, and extractives in their pathological relations / by Sir William Aitken. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    PAGE Phenomena in relation to Animal Alkaloid poisoning—Botulism —Ptomaines in the intestines—Ptomaines from milk, cheese, and tined fish—Indigestion from ptomaines a cause of nervous depression—Danger in abeyance of hver function—Absorption of digestive juices—Albuminous sub- stances, peptones and extractives in the urine—Effects of bile-acids in the blood—Action of peptones on the blood and its circulation—Poisonous alkaloids formed during food- decomposition—Symptoms of poisoning from alkaloids of putrefaction—Indigestion a cause of nervous depression- Absorption of poisonous matters generally in intestinal canal—Preventive function of the liver—Products of nitro- genous waste in the urine—Products of digestion may become poisonous in themselves—Nature of peptones has still to be investigated 37—47 .Poisonous alkaloids formed from foods, and their relation to biliousness and diarrhoja—Proteid substances yield poison- ous ptomaines or leucomaines by digestive ferments —Variations of these self-generated poisons—Influence of electrical and atmospheric conditions—Tainting of meat and milk—symptoms of poisoning by the putrefactive alka- loids—Indications of muscarine-like poisoning—Indications of atropine-like poisoning—Poisoning by fish—Mackerel poisoning (note)—Atropine as a remedy in muscarine-like poisoning—Formation of poisonous alkaloids in the intes- tines—Bouchard on self intoxication in disease —Sir Andrew Clark on Chlorotic Ansemia -Alkaloids se- parated by the kidneys and found in the urine-Production of thrombosis in the puerperium—Amount of ptomaines formed in disease greater than in health-Investigations of of Dr Dixon Mann and Dr. Luff-Diabetic coma-Aceton- ... .47-59 . semia .
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