Outlines of a course of lectures on the materia medica : designed for the use of students : delivered in the Medical College of the State of South Carolina / by Henry R. Frost.

  • Henry Rutledge Frost
Date:
1851
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    been employed in diseases which are rapid in their progress, and dan- gerous from their irregular determinations—Employed in Cholera Mor- bus—Applied to the whole of the Epigastric region properly diluted, a speedy action commences, and with it much relief is afforded. Two parts of the acid are diluted with one part of water, and with this mixture, the surface over the affected part is to be rubbed. As soon as the patient experiences pain from it, the acid is to be neutralized by washing the surface with a solution of Carbonate of Potash. The cuticle can now be easily detached, and the cutis vera left raw, upon which a common blister may be laid to keep up the irritation. Em- ployed in other diseases in which prompt vesication is desired—to the low states of fever—to the comatose affections—to mania, and other instances where the ordinary process of blistering is resisted. The vegetable vesicatories—as the mezereon, the ranunculus bul- bosus, and others, seldom employed—their consideration becomes un- necessary. RUBEFACIENTS. Effects produced by their application to the surface. The friction by which they are applied, promotes the intention with which they are directed. The substances are of an acrid and stimulating nature, as Spirits Turpentine, Mustard, Ammonia, Camphor, the Essential Oils, &c, and the diseases which they are used to relieve, are the slighter degrees of local inflammation—inflammation of the tonsils, slight pains of the chest, rheumatic affections, are often effectually removed by friction of the surface in the neighborhood with a rubefacient. Sina])is, or Mustard, among the most important. In the form of Cataplasm, it is quick and energetic in its operation, and on the occasions in which it is used, is a resource, the place of which probably no internal remedy can supply. The effects produced by its application. Employed where the powers of the system are suddenly prostrated, or languish under a feeling of exhaustion and faintness. The pain and excitement following the application renew the vital energies, and from the convenience with which they are applied, they become a very es- sential, and even necessary article in our prescriptions. The occasions for their use must be familiar to all. Their preparation—by making a paste of the powdered Mustard with vinegar, and apply it to the skin, spread on cloth. The Rubefacient action quickly succeeds, which cannot be long supported, and it must be removed in the space of half an hour, or an hour, otherwise very painful and distressing sores woald be produced^ A few words may be said upon the uses of Mustard Seed, (Semen Sinapi) in diseases.
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