A handbook of therapeutics / by Sydney Ringer.

  • Sydney Ringer
Date:
1882
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    Syphilis—conti?iued. Mercury, 269. Black wash very useful in syphilitic sores generally, in mucous tu- bercles, and in the elevated indurations, larger and more irregular than mucous tu- bercles occurring near the anus of children. Calomel or citrine ointment may be sub- stituted for black wash. Calomel dusted over condylomata will remove them. The cyanide, ten to fifteen grains in an ounce of water, may be applied to rashes and sores on throat, tongue, penis, anus, &c. For those on the prepuce five grains to the ounce quite strong enough. Should be ap- plied with soft brush to chancres, and these should be kept moist with lint soaked in black wash. Mercurial applications mixed with tar, &c, are useful in syphilitic psoriasis. Mercurial fumigations, moist or dry, for eradicating syphilis. These sometimes pro- duce prostration. — 270. Mercurial and calomel oint- ments may be rubbed into delicate parts of the skin to mercurialize the system. Bichloride has been injected subcutane- ously. In syphilitic ozcena nitrate of mercury ointment, partially melted, may be applied twice a day after nose well cleared. For discussion on the use of mercury in syphilis, see pp. 279, 280. 267. The twenty per cent, ointment of the oleate in the axilla useful for both children and adults. Nitric acid, 186. In secondary syphilis. Oils of mezereon and sassafras, 423. Re- ported useful. Zinc, 285. Chloride, iodide, nitrate, locally to syphilitic ulcers. Teeth, affections of. Aconite, 464. Ointment or liniment for facial neuralgia due to diseased teeth ; will succeed quickly if at all. Arsenic, 295. As escharotic to destroy pulp. — — 296. When for pain may be mixed with opium. It sometimes at first aggravates pain. Bromide of potassium, 169. For irritability and convulsions in teething. Capsicum, 432. A strong infusion applied no lint for toothache. Chloral, 397. Rubbed up with equal weight of camphor and rubbed gently in externally or put into cavity. Chloroform, 369. Twoor three drops on cotton-wool in ear, or into tooth, or hold over hollow tooth a bit of rag moistened with chloroform. 370. Equal parts of chloroform and creosote a good application. Cinchona, 613. Powdered bark often used in tooth powders. Collodion, 328, 329. Mixed with crystallized carbolic acid, which has been melted in a test- tube, may be inserted into a tooth with ex- posed and inflamed pulp on cotton-wool; the pain may be at first increased but is soon abolished. Conia, 506. Solution in alcohol may be intro- duced into a hollow painful tooth. Creosote, 353. With tannin or opium into hollow of decayed tooth often gives relief. Croton-chloral, 403. Sometimes promptly relieves toothache. Gelsemium, 530, 540. In some forms of toothache. Teeth—continued. Hot water, 94. Rinse with—sometimes cold better. Hypophosphites, 222. Of lime or soda in teething. Iodine, 153. Tincture painted over gums close to teeth when these begin to recede and expose teeth. Also to remove tartar from teeth. Morphia, 577. Hypodermically injected for severe toothache. Opium, 580. Mixed with tannin or creosote and inserted into the hollow of a painful tooth, where inflamed pulp exposed. Volatile oils, 421. In toothache. Zinc, chloride of, 286. To destroy exposed painful pulp. Tetanus. Calabar bean, 518. If possible by mouth, if not, hypodermically or by anus. It must be pushed till just short of arresting the breath- ing, and should be given at the very be- ginning. The liquid extract is used. Chloral, 396. In large doses has sometimes cured. Conia, 512. Hypodermically. Nicotia, 505. By rectum or hypodermically, appears to be useful in many cases. Nitrite of amyl, 408. Inhalation may be tried, or it may be given subcutaneously. Spinal ice-bag, 91, 92. Thirst. Acid drinks, 176. In fevers, promote secre- tion of saliva. Ice, 88, 93. Sucking ice allays thirst. Tepid drinks, 94. In diabetes. Thread worms. (See Worms.) Throat, diseases of. Aconite, 470, 471. In tonsillitis and acute sore throat, when temperature high, drop or half-drop doses of the tincture every quarter of an hour for two hours, then every hour, will almost certainly prove efficacious. Act,ea racemosa, 461. In simple and malig- nant sore throat, and when mucous mem- brane of pharynx dry and spotted over with inspissated mucus. Alcohol, 359. Diluted, as gargle in relaxed throat, scurvy, salivation, &c. Alum, 237. Dry or in solution, in simple or scarlatinal sore throat in tonsillitis and even diphtheria. Gargles in chronic inflammations, but gly- cerine of tannin better. Antimony, 292. One-quarter to one-half a grain of tartar-emetic every hour in tonsil- litis. Antiseptic solutions, 148. In sloughing. Arsenic, 297. In medicinal doses in slough- ing of throat or malignant sores. Belladonna, 549. Internally in severe in- flammatory diseases, especially when throat and tonsils acutely inflamed and much swollen—may be given with aconite. Capiscum, 433. One drachm of the tinct. to half a pint of water as a gargle in some sore throats, and in the very early stage of tonsillitis and pharyngitis, also in malignant sore throat and in relaxed throat.