Sciatica, lumbago, and brachialgia : their nature and treatment, and their immediate relief and rapid cure by hypodermic injection of morphia / by Henry Lawson.
- Lawson, H. (Henry), -1877.
- Date:
- 1877
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Sciatica, lumbago, and brachialgia : their nature and treatment, and their immediate relief and rapid cure by hypodermic injection of morphia / by Henry Lawson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![A j out exception, the most extreme pain that a liuman being can undergo. It comes on at intervals, which are filled up by the ordinary suffering of the patient, and then it is in- tolerable ; it is, however, relieved almost to . completeness by the injection of morphia. Acetate of lead lotion is recommended as likely to allay the smarting. Prom my experi- \ ence, however, I cannot speak very favourably of it. The various cooling lotions tried have been only temporarily successful. It seems to me, as the result of my experience, that the ] best treatment is to paint over the vesicles immediately they appear,—and constantly, so j as to avoid breakages, which prevent its proper action,—with Dr. Hichardson’s well-known : styptic colloid. By applying this just thickly | enough to completely cover the eruption and » no further, a Avonderful degree of ease is ob- tamed. Indeed, the patient aauU declare him- • self manifestly relieved after the eruption has been satisfactorily painted over with the styptic colloid. The patient must be told to avoid seratching the painful parts, as, if this practice is indulged in, as sometimes happens, very annoying sores may be formed. If the pustules are left un- scratched, and covered up with the collodion.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28148174_0166.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
