A messenger was sent for the doctor and the word morphia was spoken. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth]
"Look here, doctor," I said, "I hate the idea of morphia, I 've never taken it, and I never want to.". From Wordnik.com. [Complete Plays of John Galsworthy] Reference
Mr. Edgerton has used 18 grains of morphia per diem. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
In doubtful cases the use of morphia must be avoided. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Whatever the case, she is under the influence o£ morphia now. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
Might be prescribed, with morphia, or hops, to keep the man alive. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841] Reference
Pain haunted him day and night, and sleep was only forced by morphia. From Wordnik.com. [How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success] Reference
This reaction can be obtained very distinctly with 0.0004 grm. of morphia. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882] Reference
Dr. Schoeppe, even though the analyst had not found morphia in the stomach. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873] Reference
"An hypodermic syringe and a supply of morphia," she informed him tranquilly. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
Remember your nerves are bound to be upset after all that morphia you have had. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
He was comfortable and hopeful; slept well with morphia 1/3 grain hypodermically. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
The skin is then rubbed off, and upon the denuded surface a small quantity of morphia. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
If they are very painful, the doctor will probably order morphia added to the mixture. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics] Reference
I was fully conscious again the German gave us a morphia injection and took one himself. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
We got an exceedingly small instrument, used for the injection of morphia under the skin. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
Take of distilled water of cherry laurel, five parts; muriate of morphia, one-tenth part. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
In the rare cases where this drug does not relieve, hypodermic injections of morphia are used. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
She was on admission ordered a mixture containing morphia and ether thrice daily, to allay her distress. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885] Reference
The patient was brought six miles in a wagon into camp, and slept comfortably with a small morphia injection. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
She appears to be suffering from severe nervous exhaustion as well as from morphia, which complicates matters. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
About midnight, as the pain had become worse, his doctor was sent for, and he gave him an injection of morphia. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to His Friends] Reference
As I improved under the morphia treatment, I began to be disturbed by the horrible variety of suffering about me. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
I mention them in the ascending order of their nervine power; narcotin; codein; opianin; metamorphia, and morphia. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
Twenty-four hours later the vomiting had ceased; the patient had passed a restless night, in spite of an injection of morphia. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
The treatment consisted in rest, and morphia in the cases of suspected progressive hæmorrhage, or in the presence of great pain. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
The pulse rose to 120, and respiration to 26, and there was pain, which was subdued by 1/3 grain of morphia, administered subcutaneously. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
I have every reason to believe, honestly think they are using twelve grains of morphia daily, yet are found on close watching to take eighteen or twenty. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
It does not seem to congest the brain as morphia does; but its action on the biliary system is probably little less deadly than that of the more powerful narcotic. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
In any case its employment is worth trying, for it possesses much of the pain-controlling efficiency of opium and morphia, with less of their congestive action upon the brain. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
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