Introduction
Nitric ether, C2H5ONO2 (not to be confounded with Nitrous ether, C2H5ONO, which is the principal ingredient of Sweet spirits of nitre). For use, Inhalations of vapor.
Head
A tendency to pitch forward. A sense of fullness of the vessels of the brain. Sensations of noise and fullness in the head are, in general, excessive. Much headache and giddiness for some time have usually followed its employment.
Face
Extreme suffusion of the face.
Respiratory organs
Rapid and painful respiration.
Heart
Excessive over action of the heart.
General symptoms
Insensibility (after a few inspirations). The effects cease after the agent is withdrawn more quickly than when Nitrate of amyl is employed; but for intensity of action, up to the period of full action, the Ethyl is as powerful as the Amyl.