156 results filtered with: Analgesia
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The question considered : is it justifiable to administer chloroform in surgical operations, after its having already proved suddenly fatal in upwards of fifty cases, when pain can be safely prevented, without loss of consciousness, by momentary benumbing cold? / by James Arnott.
Arnott, James (James Moncrieff), 1794-1885.Date: 1854
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Papaver somniferum L. Papaveraceae Opium Poppy Distribution: Asia minor, but has been dated to 5000BC in Spanish caves. Now grows almost everywhere. The oldest medicine in continuous use, described in the Ebers' papyrus (1550 BC), called Meconium, Laudanum, Paregoric and syrup of poppies. Culpeper (1650) on Meconium '...the juyce of English Poppies boyled till it be thick' and 'I am of the opinion that Opium is nothing else but the juyce of poppies growing in hotter countries, for such Opium as Authors talk of comes from Utopia.[he means an imaginary land, I suspect]’]. He cautions 'Syrups of Poppies provoke sleep, but in that I desire they may be used with a great deal of caution and wariness...' and warns in particular about giving syrup of poppies to children to get them to sleep. The alkaloids in the sap include: Morphine 12% - affects ?-opioid receptors in the brain and causes happiness, sleepiness, pain relief, suppresses cough and causes constipation. Codeine 3% – mild opiate actions – converted to morphine in the body. Papaverine, relaxes smooth muscle spasm in arteries of heart and brain, and also for intestinal spasm, migraine and erectile dysfunction. Not analgesic. Thebaine mildly analgesic, stimulatory, is made into oxycodone and oxymorphone which are analgesics, and naloxone for treatment of opiate overdose – ?-opioid receptor competitive antagonist – it displaces morphine from ?-opioid receptors, and constipation caused by opiates. Protopine – analgesic, antihistamine so relieves pain of inflammation. Noscapine – anti-tussive (anti-cough). In 2006 the world production of opium was 6,610 metric tons, in 1906 it was over 30,000 tons when 25% of Chinese males were regular users. The Opium wars of the end of the 19th century were caused by Britain selling huge quantities of Opium to China to restore the balance of payments deficit. Laudanum: 10mg of morphine (as opium) per ml. Paregoric: camphorated opium tincture. 0.4mg morphine per ml. Gee’s Linctus: up to 60 mg in a bottle. J Collis Browne’s chlorodyne: cannabis, morphine, alcohol etc. Kaolin and Morph. - up to 60 mg in a bottle. Dover’s Powders – contained Ipecacuana and morphine. Heroin is made from morphine, but converted back into morphine in the body (Oakeley, 2012). One gram of poppy seeds contains 0.250mgm of morphine, and while one poppy seed bagel will make a urine test positive for morphine for a week, one would need 30-40 bagels to have any discernible effect. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Pain and sensory symptoms / [written by James Bailey ;edited by Sarah Westlake].
Bailey, JamesDate: 2006- Books
The conquest of pain / Peter Fairley.
Peter FairleyDate: 1978- Books
Cancer pain management / edited by Deborah B. McGuire and Connie Henke Yarbro.
Date: [1987], ©1987- Books
The Energy Points Stimulator : electro stimulation : acupuncture without needles : relieves pain - promotes health : effective-painless-safe / manufactured and distributed by: Auto-Compute Trading Ltd.
Date: [1994?]- Books
Recent advances in anæsthesia and analgesia (including oxygen therapy) / by C. Langton Hewer.
Christopher Langton HewerDate: 1939- Books
Coping successfully with pain / Neville Shone.
Shone, NevilleDate: 1992- Books
Pifco electric massager / Pifco Ltd.
PIFCO Ltd.Date: [1950?]
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The use of morphine and other strong sedatives in gynaecological practice / by Hunter Robb.
Robb, Hunter, 1863-1940Date: 1892
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Pifco vibratory massager : the way to glowing health... soothes away pain and fatigue / Pifco.
PIFCO Ltd.Date: [1948?]
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De l'analgésie chirurgicale par injections de chlorhydrate de cocaïne sous l'arachnoïde lombaire : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 31 mai 1901 / par David Mossé.
Mossé, David, 1872-Date: 1901- Videos
Intravenous anaesthesia, The inferior alveolar lingual and buccal nerve blocks and The Maxillary Nerve Block.
Date: c.1970s?- Film
Morphia as a total anaesthetic.
Date: [between 1950 and 1959]
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Pulvermacher's patent portable hydro-electric chain for personal use : (inventor and patentee- J.L. Pulvermacher) ... / Charles Meinig.
Meinig, Charles.Date: 1851- Books
Management of pain in cancer / by R.C. Balagot [and others] ; edited by M.J. Schiffrin.
Date: [1956], ©1956- Books
'Doloxene Compound-65' 1 t.i.d. cracks pain / Eli Lilly & Company Limited.
Date: [between 1965 and 1970?]- Ephemera
Dr. Scott's electric hair brush : an honest remedy. Recommended by the best physicians / Pall Mall Electric Association.
Date: [1883?]- Books
Children and pain / Priscilla Alderson ; illustrated by Clare Davies-Jones.
Priscilla AldersonDate: 1992- Film
The production of analgesia by means of self-administered trichlorethylene.
Date: c.195?
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On the treatment of sleeplessness and pain / by Sir Lauder Brunton.
Brunton, Thomas Lauder, Sir, 1844-1916.Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]- Books
Recent advances in anaesthesia and analgesia / by C. Langton Hewer.
Christopher Langton HewerDate: 1937
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All in search of health should wear Harness' electropathic belt : for suffering men & women : for nervous exhaustion, neuralgia, rheumatism, indigestion, sleeplessness, ladies ailments &c. it imparts new life and vigour / The Medical Battery Co., Ltd.
Date: [1893?]- Books
The orgone energy accumulator : its scientific and medical use.
Date: c.1951
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International exhibition of artistic furniture and home decorations, food, health and pharmacy 1907 : Crystal Palace, London : diploma for Grand-Prix with gold medal awarded to "Ajax" dry-cell (section speciale de medecine) for electric-system... / British Electric System.
British Electric InstituteDate: 1907