Several cases of dangerous symptoms following its use in surgery.—L. i./87,780; St. Thomas Hosp. Rep. vol. xv.
Thirty cases of danger narrated, chiefly following its hypodermic use.—Th. Gaz. Jan. 1888, 16.
Cases of toxic action; from urethral injection of 12 grains,—Pr. xli./369; from vesical injection,—B.M.J. i./89,373; from rectal injection,—L. ii./89,656; from hypodermic injections—B.M.J. i. 89,382; L. ii./88,715; i./89,274; from internal use, 20 grains accidentally swallowed,—L. i./89,292; 4 grains in child of 4 years,—Th. Gaz. Jan. 1889,26; other cases,—B.M.J. i./89,382; Th. Gaz. June 1888,373.
Résumé of poisoning cases; more than ¾ grain should not be injected at once. Opium and morphine useless as antidotes; chloroform or ether inhalation recommended to prevent respiratory tetanus.—B.M.J. i./89,311. Toxic effects counteracted by ammonia.—L. i./88,394; ii./88,715; ii./89,1126.
Erosis after hypodermic injection.—Pr. xliii./449.
Against indiscriminate use, and formation of cocaine habit.—B.M.J. i./89,973.[32]
Best antidote is amyl nitrite.—B.M.J. i./88,757.
Pleurisy relieved by local hypodermic injection of ⅕ to ¼ grain.—B.M.J. ii./88,76.
In diabetes, after codeine treatment, cocaine, ¼ grain doses given; overcame obstinate constipation, and ataxic gait disappeared.—L. ii./89,735.
Pruritus, several cases relieved by cocaine 2 per cent. in oil of theobroma.—B.M.J. ii./89,194.