SECTION 8.
AMYL.
Minute Dose
See Section 56, B.
Officinal Dose
Adult, 1 to 2 drops. Child, see Section 56, B.
Hypodermatic Dose
Adult, 2 to 5 drops in Solution. Used when inhalation is not practical, because of respiration ceasing; as in Heart - failure - Angina pectoris - Chloroform narcosis - Surgical shock - Cholera asphyxia.
Pain - especially Neuralgia, in head, eyes, face, teeth - Convulsions - Hysteria - Fainting - Asthma - Angina pectoris - Sea Sickness - Nose bleed. Instant relief. Put 3 to 5 drops of Amyl nitrite on a handkerchief, hold it to the nose, and gently inhale it. When the attack of pain, spasm or sickness, has been arrested, by the inhalation, then 5 or 6 drops may be put into 1/2 glass of water, and adult take a teaspoonful every 20 to 30 minutes for a while, to prevent recurrence of the same.
Exophthalmic Goiter. Amyl nitrite, daily inhalations, 5 minutes at a time - "Cure in a few weeks. "
Whooping Cough. Amyl nitrite, 10 per cent. solution in alcohol; one drop dose in a teaspoonful of water after each coughing spell. "Magic. "
Heart affections, with flushing of face and neck - Flushes at the Change of life. Amyl nitrite. 10 per cent. solution in alcohol, drop doses. Several times a day.
Ague. To break the chill at once, inhale a few drops of Amyl nitrite from a handkerchief, until the face reddens, the chill will then break into a sweat and end.
Sleeplessness. If you cannot sleep, draw the cork of the Amyl bottle, and takes two or three very gentle inhalations, and lie down; sleep will come, soon.
Eclampsia of Children. To break the fit at once, make a 10 per cent, solution of Amyl nitrite in alcohol, and of this put 10 or 15 drops on a cloth, and hold to the nose until the spasm breaks.
Epilepsy. To ward off threatened attacks, draw the cork from the bottle of Amyl, at the moment the warning comes, and take a snuff or two. A convenient way, is to drop about ten drops on a bit of cotton, and put into an half - ounce bottle, and keep it tightly corked for ready use.
Opium poisoning: - profound stupor. Amyl nitrite. 20 drops were put on a handkerchief and applied to the nose; after a few seconds, the party "came to, " and wanted to know what was the matter. The same should be tried in case of Chloroform or Ether narcosis.