The Encyclopedia of pure materia medica v. 7, 1878, Volume 7Boericke & Tafel, 1878 |
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Page 187 - I looked at seemed increased in volume; I had no longer the same pleasure when I closed my eyes which I had when they were open ; it appeared to me as if it was only external objects which were acted on by the imagination and magnified into images of pleasure : in short, it was the ( faint, exquisite music of a dream
Page 52 - I walked round the room perfectly regardless of what was said to me. As I recovered my former state of mind, I felt an inclination to communicate the discoveries I had made during the experiment. I endeavored to recall the ideas; they were feeble and indistinct...
Page 52 - I endeavored to recall the ideas : they were feeble and indistinct ; one collection of terms, however, presented itself ; and with the most intense belief and prophetic manner, I exclaimed to Dr. Kinglake, 'Nothing exists but thoughts ! The universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains / ' " Davy aroused the admiration and interest of every one who met him.
Page 51 - Immediately after a journey of one hundred and twenty-six miles, in which I had no sleep the preceding night, being much exhausted, I respired seven quarts of nitrous oxide gas for near three minutes. It produced the usual pleasurable effects and slight muscular motion. I continued exhilarated for some minutes afterwards, but in half an hour found myself neither more nor less exhausted than before the experiment. I had a great propensity to sleep. "To...
Page 52 - A thrilling, extending from the chest to the extremities, was almost immediately produced. I felt a sense of tangible extension, highly pleasurable, in every limb; my visible impressions were dazzling and apparently magnified; I heard distinctly every sound in the room, and was perfectly aware of my situation.
Page 470 - A slight giddiness, which occurred in fifteen minutes, was ascribed to the force of the imagination; and I proceeded to take a warm shower-bath; which process, with the subsequent scrubbing, might take up five or six minutes more. The giddiness was then very decided, and was attended with the peculiar indescribable torpidity over the whole frame which attends the action of opium and Indian hemp in medicinal doses. Being now quite satisfied that I had got hold of a very energetic poison...
Page 329 - ... it, lasting for a few weeks or months, and then generally diminishing or disappearing. In a few exceptional individuals the eruption does not disappear, but, assuming a chronic character, produces so marked and prolonged an affection of the skin that the general health becomes impaired, and the cessation of this employment becomes a necessity.
Page 60 - ... the thrilling increased, the sense of muscular power became greater, and at last an irresistible propensity to action was indulged in ; I recollect but indistinctly what followed ; I know that my motions were various and violent. These effects very soon ceased after respiration. In ten minutes I had recovered my natural state of mind. The thrilling in the extremities continued longer than the other sensations.
Page 52 - My sensations were now pleasant; I had a generally diffused warmth, without the slightest moisture of the skin; a sense of exhilaration similar to that produced by a small dose of wine, and a disposition to muscular motion and to merriment.
Page 540 - ... pain. This ache, during the day, gradually moved backward to base of brain and along the medulla oblongata; relieved by slight motion, increased by large, continued, and more active motion. Slight mental effort, passing from topic to topic, for an instant relieves; sustained effort increases the pain. Vessels of neck and base of brain full, as if circulation had been cut off by a cord ; the whole back of head, neck, and cerebellum felt congested to the brain and cord-centre; sore inside and tender...