| Popis: |
Although camphor has been employed in medicine for several centuries because of its reputed value as a circulatory stimulant, there is at present a wide diversity of opinion among clinical and laboratory workers regarding its method of action, toxicity and therapeutic value. So far as one may judge from current and recent medical literature and from conversations with practicing physicians, the drug appears to enjoy a unique favor among members of the medical profession; many of them regard it as the cardiac stimulantpar excellence, the one drug to be given first in emergencies, the most reliable and speedy in its action under most circumstances, and the one to be exhibited with confidence after all other drugs have failed. It does not require a diligent search of medical literature to find numerous illustrations of these widely prevalent views; one can scarcely pick up a medical periodical without finding in several |
