Insanity, its causes, prevention, and cure : including apoplexy, epilepsy, and congestion of the brain / by Joseph Williams, M. D.
- Williams, Joseph, 1814-1882
- Date:
- 1852
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Insanity, its causes, prevention, and cure : including apoplexy, epilepsy, and congestion of the brain / by Joseph Williams, M. D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![vomiting, and subsequent distress, not unfrequently caused by Opium, so that when this disagrees, Morphia may be tried with more than probable success. Another great advantage of Morphia is that it may be continued daily for weeks and even months undiminished in effect, without increasing the dose, and without producing any disagreeable or troublesome symptoms, when if Opium had been thus administered, dementia or idiotism would have probably ensued. Case,—In 1848. Requested to see Mr. , who was said to be quite mad, and bad been strange for some time; to corroborate tliis his brother handed to me a paper, written by the patient six weeks previously, perfectly discon- nected and inconsistent. Found him excited and veiy discon- nected in his ideas; could not connect sentences, and was verv inconsistent. Spoke much of the goodness of God, coupling it with the most absurd statements, &c. Prescribed for him at his chambers, requested me not to waste paper, but to write on a dirty wrapper, refused. As he lived a short distance out of town, induced him to walk with me to Messrs. the chemists. Gave him Cal. gr. iij., Col. gr. viij., Ex. Hyoscyami gi\ v., in pil. ij. statim; also Morphiae Hydrochlor. gr. ss., Acid. Hydrochlor. Dil. iliij., Aq. Destillatse 5.]- Great difficulty in getting liim, when in the sho}), to take the medicines; he spoke of my gi-eat strength, whereas he himself could really have annihilated me. Re- mained with him; in half an hour he became gi-adually more and more rational, soon after sent him home with two friends, whom he had previously refused to acknowledge or accompany. By subsequently continuing the Moi-phia with aperients, he perfectly recovered, and in three or fovu- days was again in](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21445357_0290.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
