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Title: Materia medica : pharmacology, therapeutics and prescription writing for students and practitioners
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Bastedo, Walter Arthur, 1873-
Subjects: Pharmacology Therapeutics
Publisher: Philadelphia London : W.B. Saunders
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ver, to check the so-called tone-waves without checking peristalsis; and when from over-irritation or from vagus overactivity there is spasmodic con-traction with colicky pains, or spastic constipation, atropinetends to overcome this. To understand this action we mustunderstand the difference between normal peristalsis and in-testinal colic, which is a term applied to any localized spasmodicpainful contraction of the intestine. In peristalsis a wave of contraction precedes the stimulatingbody in the intestine by about an inch, while the bowel relaxesbelow the stimulating body for a foot or two. That is to say,peristalsis is a coordinated, purposeful action involving bothstimulation and inhibition. It is designed to propel the intestinalcontents forward and bring them into contact with the intestinaljuices. But if, instead of this coordinated wave of contractionand relaxation, there is a spasmodic contraction of the intestineabout some offending body, even about an accumulation of gas,
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BELLADONNA GROUP 375 or preceding an obstruction that cannot be moved onward, thereis intestinal colic or cramp; at the same time the contents arenot propelled along, so there is constipation. In such a caseatropine, by allaying the spasm, may permit normal peristalsisto be restored, and, as a consequence, cause a disappearance ofboth the cramp and the constipation. Irritant cathartics some-times cause this kind of colic, i. e., they tend to gripe, and to theseatropine or one of the extracts is frequently added as a corrective.The constipation and colic of peritoneal irritation, anemia, leadpoisoning, or fecal impaction may be overcome by atropine, II in 32 M 36 Sfl 40 4? 44 4G 48 SO 52 54 ■56 • /^ ? 4 6 8 3 10 i? 14 16 18 ?0 22 74 26 ?R 30 1? 34 ™38 4^1 \? pn / A (7 PI ( \ / \ 7fi / y (74 1 v A L _>• r 1 7? J *s V ■* l 70 g* /■ Rfl f I 1 fifi A 1 R4 J V R? J 1 Fin ?n j \ A v A v A t Sfi / S4 / i? A / SO / / ^ 4fi ; *n . / 46 J ■5 V V >v >> 44 a. TJ • O 4?

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