A pharmacological appreciation of Shakespeare's Hamlet : on instillation of poisons into the ear / by David I. Macht.

  • Macht, David I.
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[1918]
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    by its effects on blood pressure. The use of carbolic acid in the [170] treatment of ear affections, therefore, is on the one hand a rational one but on the other hand somewhat dangerous. We cannot in this historical paper enter into a detailed account of the above experiments; they will be published in their proper place. Suffice it, however, to say that a number of drugs, and among them hyoscyamus or henbane, can be and are absorbed through the intact ear, and we may therefore con¬ clude our appreciation of Shakespeare’s passage from Hamlet which we have just been discussing, with saying that after all Shakespeare was certainly right.” REFERENCES 1. Grey: in Variorum Shakespeare (Furness), 1877, Vol. III. 2. Singer: in Variorum Shakespeare (Furness), 1877, Vol. III. 3. Elze: in Variorum Shakespeare (Furness), 1877, Vol. III. 4. Beisley: in Variorum Shakespeare (Furness), 1877, Vol. III. 5. Tschischwitz: in Variorum Shakespeare (Furness), 1877, Vol. III. 6. Nicholson: New Shakespeare, Soc. Tr., 1880, p. 21. 7. Harrison: New Shakespeare, Soc. Tr., 1882, p. 295. 8. Dioscorides: Book VI, Cap. 75. 9. Pliny: Nat. Hist. XVI, 20. 10. Statius: Theb. 6, 101 ff. 11. Lucretius: VI, 787. 12. Plutarch: Sym. 3, 647 F. 13. Falk: Cited by Blyth. 14. Hurt: London Lancet, 1836, Vol. I, p. 394. 15. New: Med. Times and Gaz., 1870, II. 16. Taylor: On Poisons, London, 1859, p. 843. 17. Heffter: Schmidt’s Jahrb. Bd. 257. 18. Robert: Lehrbuch d. Intoxikationen. 19. Kunkel: Handbuch d. Toxikologie. 20. Blyth: Poisons and Their Effects, London, 1895. 21. Marme: Ctbl. med. Wissensch., 1876, p. 97. 22. Lewin: Toxikologie. 23. Borchers: Thesis, Gottingen, 1876. 24. Ainslie: Materia Medica of Hindustan, Madras, 1828. 25. Hanbury and Pliickiger: Pharmacologia, 1879. 26. Peterson and Haines: Toxicology. 27. Lewin: Nebenwirkungen der Arzneimittel, Berlin, 1899. 28. Legue: Medecins et empoisonneurs au xvii® siecle, Paris, 1895. (13)