International Clinics, Vol. 4

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Excerpt from International Clinics, Vol. 4: A Quarterly of Clinical LecturesThe daily practice of American physicians with whom I come in contact and whose cases I read gives no scanty recognition to strychnine in all sorts of diseases. I seldom meet a case of cardiac disorder or of anemia or of debility, no matter how caused, whether localized or general, or of collapse, in which strychnine has not been given long and extensively. Indeed, while formerly it was almost impossible to find such a case that was not attended by the use of digitalis, strychnine is now considered the sheet-anchor. Such a dictum as that quoted from Wood, where he says that strychnine kept alive where digitalis had no effect, is quite capable of im buing the profession with the belief in the identity of the two drugs. There is, however, no such identity.When therapeutic measures are selected for diseases of the heart, we should not overlook the complex nature of the anatomy, the physiology, and the pathology of the organ. The muscle, the peri cardium and endocardium, the blood-vessels, or the innervation may be faulty. Part of the latter is controlled by centres located in the muscular substance. They are Bidder's and Remak's ganglia con nected by nervous plexuses. They are mostly found in the septa of the atria and in the boundary between them and the ventricles.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.