TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe evil of prescribing a larger quantity of medicine than is necessary
AU  - Selby CD
Y1  - 1909/01/30
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.02540310059015
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 399
EP  - 399
VL  - LII
IS  - 5
N2  - To the Editor: 
    —E. M., a woman aged 26, was seized with an a tack of diarrhea, for the alleviation of which she took medicine that had been prescribed for a similar contingency two years previously. The diarrhea continuing, she took on December 26 two teaspoonfuls of the medicine, of which there was a small quantity remaining, and two more teaspoonfuls December 27. During the afternoon of December 27 her vision began to be blurred, she grew nervous, her mouth became dry and her heart action rapid. Soon after, her hands and feet grew chilly and numb. By this time she was alarmed and summoned medical aid. I found her pacing the floor and nervously loquacious. The dryness of her mouth and the history, together with the dilated pupils and the uncontrolled heart action, confirmed the diagnosis of atropin poisoning. Treatment along accepted lines was satisfactory in its result.Often
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.02540310059015
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02540310059015
ER  -