On alcoholism : the various forms of alcoholic delirium and their treatment / by V. Magnan ; translated by W. S. Greenfield.

  • Magnan, V. (Valentin), 1835-1916.
Date:
1876
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Credit: On alcoholism : the various forms of alcoholic delirium and their treatment / by V. Magnan ; translated by W. S. Greenfield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    somatic disturbances, such as fall of temperature, anaesthesia, paralysis of the hind quarters, which gradually increases, and involves the forelimbs, caus. ing at last complete relaxation of the whole body. Ten or twelve days later we can repeat this ex- periment on the same animal, without exciting othei; symptoms, without convulsions of any sort, and especially without the appearance of illusions or hallucinations. Now, in man, it is alcohol in the form of wine or brandy that furnishes the principal agency in the development of drunkenness; professional drinkers alone give themselves up more or less exclusively to excess in special drinks such as absinthe, vermouth, bitters, &c. But persons of this class have already overstepped the bounds of simple drunkenness. This remark is of importance by reason of tlie im- mediate symptoms which absinthe can determine, viz., hallucinatory disturbances and epileptic at- tacks. II. Alcoholic delirium ; Changed behaviour; Irritability; Hallucinationa; Delirium; Tremors; Vomiting; Phlegm; Oastro-enteritis.—Modes of termination; Death from cold, broncho-pneumonia, as^yhyxia, accident, or cachexia. Let us now consider the effects of the prolonged action of alcohol on the dog. From the fifteenth day of intoxication there comes on a remarkable nervous sensitiveness and susceptibility to impres- sions. The animal is restless, sad, he listens, is upon the watch, the least noise makes him start. As soon as the door opens, seized with great fear, crying and leaving in his path a trail of urine, he runs and cowers in the most obscure corner of the room ] he no longer answers to caresses, but gets