Quinidine in abnormal cardiac activity. G. Eismeuer (Dtsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., Bd. 156, No. 3-4)

The author successfully fights arhythmia perpetua with quinidine, obtaining elimination of its seizures in 1/4 of cases. Treatment with quinidine should always be preceded by administration of foxglove, and quinidine is given only when the latter has eliminated the decompensation, otherwise there may be dangers: embolism, heart paralysis, general deterioration.