twilight reviews
Your problems can be evaluated by an Ears, Nose, Throad (ENTor otolaryngologist) doctor--if you are having sleep problems associated with significantly enlarged adenoids and a very relaxed palate then various surgical operations may be necessary to review[phpbay] The problem is not one of too little oxygen, but rather may be related to anatomical issues (how his air passages are designed)[phpbay] Speak with your doctor about this[phpbay] Many times it is helpful to make a video tape for either his doctor or the ENT doctor to see--a picture and sound is worth a thousand words[phpbay]
The term "twilight sleep" applied to the combination of analgesia (pain relief) and amnesia (loss of memory) that was produced by a mixture of morphine and scopolamine ("scope") given by a hypodermic injection (an injection under the skin)[phpbay] The mixture of the two drugs created a state in which the woman, while responding somewhat to pain, did not remember it after delivering her baby[phpbay] Twilight sleep was once in vogue in obstetrics[phpbay]
Morphine and scopolamine are both venerable drugs that have been around a long time[phpbay] Both are also naturally occurring members of the very large chemical class of compounds called alkaloids:
Morphine: The name "morphine" was coined in 1805 by the German pharmacist Adolf Serturner -- "morphine" refers to Morpheus, the mythologic god of dreams -- to designate the main alkaloid contained in opium[phpbay] Opium, of course, comes from a plant: the poppy[phpbay] Morphine is a powerful narcotic agent with strong analgesic action and other significant effects on the central nervous system[phpbay] It is dangerously addicting[phpbay] Scopolamine: Scopolamine was introduced in 1902 and used up until the 1960s[phpbay] The name comes from that of the 18th-century Italian naturalist Giovanni Scopoli[phpbay] Together with atropine, scopolamine is a component of belladonna which comes from a plant called "deadly nightshade," once used as a means of poisoning ones enemy[phpbay] When scopolamine is given in lower (non-poisonous) doses, it causes drowsiness, amnesia, and euphoria (a "high") and was thus used as a preanesthetic agent[phpbay] Combined with morphine, scopolamine provided childbirth without pain (or without the memory of pain), once a much sought-after objective[phpbay] However, there were serious problems with twilight sleep[phpbay] It completely removed the mother from the birth experience and it gravely depressed the baby's central nervous system[phpbay] This sometimes made for a drowsy depressed baby who was difficult to resusitate, to get breathing normally[phpbay]
Twilight sleep has, therefore, fallen entirely out of favor and is now merely a chapter in the past history of obstetrics[phpbay]
For more information visit: http://www[phpbay]melatrol[phpbay]com/?aid=640369
Kristen Stewart Twilight Bella Makeover Game Review
 |
Books A New Dawn Author Reviews on Twilight Series | US $15.04 | 22d 21h 24m |
 |
Lees Action Figure News Toy Review 202 Twilight New Moon Transformers MOTU | US $3.95 | 22d 13h 6m |
 |
Toy Review 202 Twilight New Moon Back Issue NEW | US $6.99 | 14d 14h 24m |
Tags: books, funny, humor, reviews, twilight
This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 at 11:37 am and is filed under twilight. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.