atropine dries the mouth and other secretions. I'm really not sure about the painkiller part--bet against it though. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:38 AM Subject: Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!
> I've heard of atropine, but wasn't sure what it was for...did a quick > Google check, but couldn't quite deciper the "medical-speak!" :) > Sounds like it's a kind of pain killer, though...and I found this tid- > bit kinda interesting: > > "Atropine extracts from the Egyptian henbane were used by Cleopatra in > the last century B.C. to dilate her pupils, in the hope that she would > appear more alluring. In the Renaissance, women used the juice of the > berries of Atropa belladonna to enlarge the pupils of their eyes, for > cosmetic reasons; 'belladonna' is Italian for 'beautiful lady'." > > > **************************************************** > "But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be > unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world; > You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed..." --Antoine > de Saint-Exupéry > > "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know > each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and > what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys." -- > Chief Dan George > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:17 am > Subject: Re: anesthesia question > > > > > Yes, she did have a pain killer shot. Maybe that was it. She got > > atropine, > > which is what they said dilated her eyes-- is that the pain killer > > or > > something else? > > Thanks, > > Michelle > > > > In a message dated 10/24/2005 10:15:58 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Did they administer any kind of pain killer? Our Pips had a > > slightly > > similar reaction after his "pain killer" injection...dilated > > pupils, > > and just generally rolling around obsessively...I could tell the > > pain > > killer was "good stuff"... :) > > > > > > > > > > >
