An essay on the Arbutus uva ursi, and Pyrola umbellata & maculata, of Linneus / by John S. Mitchell.

  • Mitchell, John S.
Date:
1803
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Credit: An essay on the Arbutus uva ursi, and Pyrola umbellata & maculata, of Linneus / by John S. Mitchell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cine, nausea stationary j at one hundred, uneasy sensations in his bowels, and pulse somewhat weaker. EXPERIMENT IV. At 11 o'clock, A. M. he took twenty-five grains of the same plant. Pulse 72. Min. 10 1 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 40 j 50 |_60 | 70 | 80 ] 90 Puis. 06 | 66 | 64 | 62 | 62 | 60 | 60 j 62 | 60 | 57 | 60 In ten, pulse fuller ; in seventy, pulse weak, and flowing with some dizziness in the head. EXPERIMENT V. At 9, A. M. he took thirty grains. Pulse 76. Min. 5 1 10 1 !■> | 20 | 25 j 10 1 40 ] 50 | 60 \ 70 I 80 I 90 [ 105 | 115 Puis.70 |T7T| 78 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 7a | /o | ib J (1 | ?3 | 1% | 70 | 70 In twenty minutes, pulse fuller and harder ; in forty, a slight head-ache. These experiments, as they were made up- on persons in health, or not affected with nephri- tic complaints, afford us no assistance in forming our judgment concerning its efficacy in diseases, especially of that kind ; nor can we collect from books, anv information on the subject. But that the plant is possessed of some activity may be fairly inferred; and we shall here subjoin a few observations relative to its use in other diseases, where its exhibition was attended with great ad- vantage.