and can be provoked by the too-abruptdiscontinuanceofbarbituratesin addicts. Alcoholic delirium—calleddelirium tremensbecause of the characteristic tremor—is a result not merely of excessiveconsumptionof alcohol but of a complicating exhaustion, lack of food, anddehydration; prior to the outbreak of ...
A Lecture ON DELIRIUM TREMENS, ITS SYMPTOMS, PATHOLOGY, AND TREATMENTA Lecture ON DELIRIUM TREMENS, ITS SYMPTOMS, PATHOLOGY, AND TREATMENT.. By - George Johnson M.D., F.R.C.P.doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)52938-XJohnsonGeorgeElsevier Ltd.Lancet...