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]\t. c. medical society. 787 almost prohibited, because of the effect it has upon the brain; if given at all, it must be given by rectum and starch water enemata and hydrate of chloral. Morphine given subcutaneously is a good remedy in vomiting of pregnancy, nausea, nervous vomiting and all forms of colic. Large doses should be given in lead colic. Some patients can not stand opium in any form, but, on the other hand, others stand it too well. No one, not even a physician, should take opium in any form at his own instance. I think taking a small dose to relieve toothache, headache or any other ache, should be prohibited by the law, except it be prescribed by a physician, and then it should be cautiously given. Some of the bright minds in our profession are ruined by being overworked and rundown and, to hold up, begin taking morphine and cocaine. It is only a matter of time when he becomes a great doper and, sooner or later, it gets the best of him; it renders him worthless—the truth is not in him. I would to God that all the profession would stay clear of these terrible, destructive drugs. Now, since we have prohibition in this State, we must be more careful how and for whom we prescribe the drugs; because it looks as though the American people are compelled to have something to take that they can feel the effects of. We, as physicians, should not be satisfied with being healers or curers of diseases, but we should be preventers of diseases and drug habits. It is an awful thing to see a bright mind destroyed by these drugs, which are almost as necessary as the food we eat. I claim that ninety per cent of all the cocaine and morphine fiends are caused by the attending physician. He will go to see the poor sufferer and give him a good large dose—it will relieve and the patient will want the same thing when the pain returns—the doctor can not go or does not want to go, and sends a dose of morphine, and the patient, of course, becomes happily relieved of the pain.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-16: Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1908 |
Identifier | NCHH-16-055 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 55 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2983307 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 787 |
Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1908 |
Identifier | NCHH-16-055-0811 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Filename | transactionsofme55medi_0811.jp2 |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 55 |
Page Number | 787 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | ]\t. c. medical society. 787 almost prohibited, because of the effect it has upon the brain; if given at all, it must be given by rectum and starch water enemata and hydrate of chloral. Morphine given subcutaneously is a good remedy in vomiting of pregnancy, nausea, nervous vomiting and all forms of colic. Large doses should be given in lead colic. Some patients can not stand opium in any form, but, on the other hand, others stand it too well. No one, not even a physician, should take opium in any form at his own instance. I think taking a small dose to relieve toothache, headache or any other ache, should be prohibited by the law, except it be prescribed by a physician, and then it should be cautiously given. Some of the bright minds in our profession are ruined by being overworked and rundown and, to hold up, begin taking morphine and cocaine. It is only a matter of time when he becomes a great doper and, sooner or later, it gets the best of him; it renders him worthless—the truth is not in him. I would to God that all the profession would stay clear of these terrible, destructive drugs. Now, since we have prohibition in this State, we must be more careful how and for whom we prescribe the drugs; because it looks as though the American people are compelled to have something to take that they can feel the effects of. We, as physicians, should not be satisfied with being healers or curers of diseases, but we should be preventers of diseases and drug habits. It is an awful thing to see a bright mind destroyed by these drugs, which are almost as necessary as the food we eat. I claim that ninety per cent of all the cocaine and morphine fiends are caused by the attending physician. He will go to see the poor sufferer and give him a good large dose—it will relieve and the patient will want the same thing when the pain returns—the doctor can not go or does not want to go, and sends a dose of morphine, and the patient, of course, becomes happily relieved of the pain. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-16/nchh-16-055.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-d; nchh-16 |
Article Title | Morphine And Kindred Drugs: Their Use And Abuse |
Article Author | D. A. Garrison |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-16-055 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-16 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2983307 |
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