It is indicated in paralyses (chiefly functional), and is most valuable in the treatment of post-diphtheritic paralysis.
At one time, as in the case of Blechingdon, they would perform strange exploits worthy of the most daring hussars; at another their speed and tenacity paralyses armies.
The poison of the sting is similar to snake-poison (Calmette), and rapidly paralyses animals which are not immune to it.
The acid is capable of passing through the unbroken skin, whereupon it instantly paralyses the sensory nerves.
When rubbed into the skin with such substances as alcohol or glycerine, which are absorbed, atropine is carried through the epidermis with them, and in this manner - or when simply applied to a raw surface - it paralyses the terminals of the pain-conducting sensory nerves.
