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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![have been met togetlier, and cases where lumbago has succeeded sciatica; but all that I have observed goes toward proving that the two diseases are of the same origin, and merely differ in attacking different sets of nerves, or a different portion of the body. And, as they are alike in their nature, so are they similar in their cure; and both are relieved and healed by the hypodermic injec- tion of morphia. Case 1.—W. 0., a man, aged 45, has been in good health for the past two years till about a fortnight before coming to consult me. At that time was in low health, that is, was easily knocked up by exertion, and was unable to eat heartily. Otherwise was in a good condition. Suddenly felt, about a fortnight since, a sharp pain in the neighbourhood of the back. Since then pain has come round more to the front, and the district attacked is on the right side, and below the ribs. The pain is now almost intolerable, it keeps him awake nearly all night. His bowels are regular, and, save some slight indigestion, there seems nothing wrong. In this case I injected iT]_ij. of my solution (eq. to gr. into the right side, just where the pain was most severe, and the result](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28148174_0171.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
