PARALDEHYDE, SUGAR AND GERM DISEASES.

Intramuscular Paraldehyde

Potentiation of Paraldehyde Hypnosis by Tolbutamide.

Beaser (1958) has recorded that prior administration of tolbutamide produces an intolerance to alcohol in the form of hot flushes. Disulfiram produces such an intolerance in a more marked· way. Keplinger and· Wells (1957) have reported that disulfiram prolongs the hypnotic effect of paraldehyde in mice. Hence it is possible that tolbutamide may have some action on paraldehyde anaesthesia analog...

Effect of Intramuscular Paraldehyde in Chorea

P., Hindu female child, aged 9 years, was admitted to the Children's Ward. Complaints :?Choreic movements, duration 10 days. On examination.?Violent choreic movements involving the whole body. Temperature normal, pulse rate 90, and irregular respiratory movements with an average rate of 20 per minute. Tonsils enlarged and epitrochlear glands palpable. Tendon jerks diminished. Abdominal reflex l...

Sugar alcohols and prevention of oral diseases - comments and rectifications

Substituting sugar (sucrose and related fermentable saccharides) with low-calorie carbohydrates and sugar alcohols constitutes a well-founded approach to controlling energy intake in the prevention of obesity and certain diseases, and to limiting the occurrence of bacteria-associated diseases such as dental caries. The present concise review discusses selected sugar-substitute applications of a...

Communicable Diseases and Germ Theory in Colonial India – an Assessment*

The transition from miasma to germ theory in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century has been widely documented in narratives about the discovery of microbes, the evidence of contamination, or the procedures for sterilizations. This was a radical change in the history of understanding disease, treating and preventing it, and that shift marked a new era in medicine. However, it is import...