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JAMA. 1884;III(8):217-219.

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—The responsibility of the physician in the use of morphia, in consequence of the possible development of the morphia habit, is great; but his responsibility relative to the possible disaster of a preventable lifelong insanity, not prevented, is, if possible, still greater.

Auguste Voisin,¹ of the Salpètrière, Paris, claims for the use of the hydrochlorate of morphia, in gradually increased large doses long maintained, remarkable results in the treatment of certain forms of insanity. His theories are well sustained by physiological observations, and his cases are taken from the records of the Salpètrière and private practice, and many of the cases have been examined after the lapse of several years.

In the article referred to, " Leçon Trentième," he gives a resumé of the history of the systematic use of opium and morphia in the treatment of insanity, and dates his own experience with it from the year 1867. His . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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