| Rivers' cocktail | An intravenous slow injection of from 1000 to 2000 ml of 10% dextrose in isotonic saline to which thiamine hydrochloride and 25 units of insulin are added; used in acute alcoholism. Synonym: Philadelphia cocktail. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Rivers, William | <person> English physician, 1864-1922. See: Rivers' cocktail. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Philadelphia cocktail | An intravenous slow injection of from 1000 to 2000 ml of 10% dextrose in isotonic saline to which thiamine hydrochloride and 25 units of insulin are added; used in acute alcoholism. Synonym: Philadelphia cocktail. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cocktail | A mixture that includes several ingredients or drugs. Brompton cocktail, a cocktail of morphine and cocaine usually used for analgesia in terminal cancer patients; the formulations vary, but typically it contains 15 mg of morphine hydrochoride and 10 mg of cocaine hydrochloride per 10 ml of the cocktail. Origin: Brompton Chest Hospital, London, England, where developed (05 Mar 2000) |