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.
Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.
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![sequently, in such cases, Messrs. Beverley and Phil- lips preferred the Hydrochlorate to the Acetate. Case.—Jan. 29, 18i7. Miss , aet. 27. Is restless at night, cannot sleep, often wishes to throw herself out of win- dow, has a suspicious look, averts her eyes, headache, fulness, conjunctivfe injected, bilious diathesis, bowels in-egular and constipated, with gi'eat irritation about the rectum, catamsenial function undistiu-bed. Treatment—Aperients, with alteratives. INIorphia at night, the Hydi-ochlorate, gr. ss. Feb. S.— Sleeps well with the Morpliia, but even when not sleeping is composed and comfortable. Much relieved, and but seldom has the wish to destroy herself. Told me, most confidentially, that she had often walked on the very verge of the canal, feeling irresistibly impelled to throw herself in. Pergat. Feb. 19.—Has no destructive wish, but feels languid, and has loss of appetite. ^. Quinae Disulph. gr. vj. Magnes. Sulph. S^j. Acid. Sulph Dil. v\\. Syr. Sirapl. 3ss. Inf. Eosae Comp. ad ^v]'. M. et. ft. Mist. Capt. Coch. ij. ampla ter in die. She now left town for the country, and, March Ibth, I re- ceived a letter from her, requesting a prescription for an a])e rient pill, and stating she was quite well, and even happy, and tlianking me for the good effected. Many cases of insanity treated with Morphia, have been completely cured, especially where there have been lucid intervals. The chief object is to prevent false impressions, by keeping up the con-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21445357_0302.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
