Prologue
Boericke
Benzol, C6, H6 (BENZENUM - COAL NAPHTHA)
- The most striking fact in the proving of Benzol seems to be the influence it had on the circulatory system.
- It caused a slowing of the pulse stream which in the guinea-pigs brought about the formation of infarcts.
- In the human provers it resulted in a decrease of the red and increase of white cells (R.
- F.
- Rabe, M.
- D).
It ought to be of use in Leucaemia. Eye symptoms striking. Hallucinations-Epileptiform attacks, coma, and anaesthesia.