Syphilis of the brain and spinal cord, showing the part which this agent plays in the production of paralysis, epilepsy, insanity, headache, neuralgia, hysteria, hypochondriasis, and nervous derangements / by Thomas Stretch Dowse.
- Dowse, Thomas Stretch
- Date:
- 1881
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Syphilis of the brain and spinal cord, showing the part which this agent plays in the production of paralysis, epilepsy, insanity, headache, neuralgia, hysteria, hypochondriasis, and nervous derangements / by Thomas Stretch Dowse. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![wholesome wine than that of St. Raphael; it is rich in tannin and astringent principles, and contains a fair and equal percentage of alcohol. From four to six ounces may be taken with food during the day without exercising anything more than a tonic influence upon the nervous system. It is of great advantage to keep the feet warm, by the use of cork soles and thick boots. The bpwels should be kept open with a dose of Friedrichshall, or Hunyadi ]hnos water, in the morning. Gentle horse and carriage exercise will be serviceable, to engender sufficient buoyancy of the animal spirits, and to promote normal functional activity. Change of air and scene may be necessary, but where it can be avoided let the patient be kept from Conti- nental hotel life. In the neuralgias of the fifth nerve apply hot solution of the hydrate of chloral (see paper by author ' On the Outward Applica- tion of Chloral for the Relief of Pain,' Med. Examiner). The hypodermic injection of morphia is especially valuable for the dull wearying aching pains and muscular cramps of the extremities, which are associated with advancing sclerosis. Fric- tion is of value in muscular atony, and the galvanic current may be used. The value also of strychnine under such circumstances must not be forgotten, but the chief point of all others in treatment, is to make one's self sure of the exact conditions which are present. If this be not done, treatment will be worse than useless—it will be hurtful.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20402788_0078.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
