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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dramatic Relaxation. Two years ago, Dr. Griffith began using curare on patients (especially abdominal cases) whose muscles remained tense in spite of general anesthesia. He was delighted at the "dramatic and complete relaxation" produced by the contents of one 5-cc ampoule injected into a vein. The effects are at maximum in five minutes, usually last 20 minutes...
...have developed a greenish, minty chewing gum, containing 3¾ grains of sulfathiazole in each "tablet." According to last week's Apothecary, a patient who chews the gum for 30 minutes to an hour gets a high concentration of the drug in his saliva (70 milligrams per 100 cc. of saliva; the concentration used in the blood in acute pneumonia is only five to ten milligrams per 100 cc.). Although the concentration is high in the saliva, very little gets into the blood stream and "there is but slight possibility of any systematic toxicity"-i.e., the sulfa...
...stomach could be made to start work in the midst of a rest period by feeding it solids (e.g., a bouillon cube); it could be made to relax in the middle of work by feeding it liquids. > Tom's stomach secreted juice continuously, about 8 to 15 cc. an hour even while resting. (This contradicts a conclusion William Beaumont drew in 1833 from his famous experiments on Alexis St. Martin...
...skin had no effect on Tom's gastric mucosa. But when a spot on his stomach lining was stripped of its protecting mucus and sprinkled with mustard, it became very sensitive. Strong pressure with a glass rod or from a balloon inflated in his stomach to 1,500 cc. gave Tom a stomachache...
...current Medical Record he reports that he used electrical stimulation of eye muscles (two volts, one milliampere to each eye, 15 minutes three times a week), 75,000 units of vitamin A daily (to stimulate formation of visual purple-a pigment in the retina), daily injections of one-half cc. of vitamin B complex (for nerve vitality), five drops of iodine by mouth daily (to stimulate body metabolism), red & green glasses, training with colored cards...