Atropin

(at-ro-pi’ ‘-nah, or at’-ropiri) thread[“ArpoToc, of life; gen., one of Atropin<z\, the Fates who cut the C17H23N03. A crystalline alkaloid derived from Atropa belladoftna. The sulphate is a white powder of bitter taste and neutral reaction, and is soluble in water. Atropin is a mydriatic, antispasmodic, and anodyne; in small doses a cardiac, respiratory, and spinal stimulant, in large doses a paralyzant of the cardiac and respiratory centers, the spinal cord, motor nerves, and involuntary and voluntary muscles. It le ens all the secretions except the urine. In full doses it produces dryne of the throat, flushing of the face, dilatation of the pupils, a rise of temperature and sometimes an erythematous rash. It is extensively used in ophthalmic practice to dilate the pupil, to paralyze accommodation, and also in various corneal, iritic, and other ocular diseases. Its therapeutic use in general medicine is also manifold; e. g., in inflammatory affections and the pain of cerebral and spinal hyperemia, atonic constipation, cardiac failure, hypersecretions, especially of the sweat, to relieve local spasms, as in intestinal and biliary colic, in asthma, whooping cough, etc., and as a physiologic antagonist in opium poisoning. Dose of atropin sulphate gr. ihu-wo (0.0005-0.001). Atropinize bring under (atf the -ro-pin-lz) influence of,[‘or Arpoirog’] to treat. with To atropin. 99