Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of subjecting to the physiological effects of morphine.
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We found by experiment that under deep morphinization brain-cell changes due to toxins could be largely prevented (Fig. 62); in human patients deep morphinization diminishes the production of muscular action and of fever and conserves life when it is threatened by acute infections.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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We observed that under deep morphinization the febrile response or the muscular work done was either diminished or eliminated and that the brain-cell changes were correspondingly diminished or eliminated.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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No theory is worth more than its yield in practice, but already we have the shockless operation, the surgical treatment of Graves 'disease, and the control of shock and of the acute infections by overwhelming morphinization (Figs. 62, 72, and 73).
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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Blood taken directly from the adrenal vein gave a positive result, but under deep morphinization the blood from the adrenal vein was negative, and under deep morphinization the foregoing adequate stimuli were negative.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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