. On disorders of digestion, their consequences and treatment . Fig. 28.—Dingram of the normalpulmonary circulation. Yi<x. 29.—Diagram of the pulmonarycirculation in poisoning by muscarin. that in them also the dyspnoea is due to spasmodic contractionof the pulmonary vessels. The dyspnoea, as well as the othersymptoms of muscarin poisoning, disappear in animals almostimmediately after the injection of atropia, and, indeed, Schmiede-berg and Koppe describe an experiment in which the use of thisantidote during the death-struggle completely restored a dog whichhad been poisoned by muscarin. Th
. On disorders of digestion, their consequences and treatment . Fig. 28.—Dingram of the normalpulmonary circulation. Yi<x. 29.—Diagram of the pulmonarycirculation in poisoning by muscarin. that in them also the dyspnoea is due to spasmodic contractionof the pulmonary vessels. The dyspnoea, as well as the othersymptoms of muscarin poisoning, disappear in animals almostimmediately after the injection of atropia, and, indeed, Schmiede-berg and Koppe describe an experiment in which the use of thisantidote during the death-struggle completely restored a dog whichhad been poisoned by muscarin. They, therefore, recommend thatin cases of poisoning by mushrooms, the stomach should be emptiedand then atropia injected subcutaneously. It is a curious circum-stance that, in poisoning by mushrooms, tickling the fauces seemsto prove much more efficacious in producing vomiting than theadministration of tartar emetic. The antidote may be given bythe mouth, either in the form of tincture of belladonna or liquoratropias; but Schmiedeberg and Koppe prefer subc
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