The practitioner's encyclopedia of medical treatment / edited by W. Langdon Brown and J. Keogh Murphy.
- Date:
- 1915
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Credit: The practitioner's encyclopedia of medical treatment / edited by W. Langdon Brown and J. Keogh Murphy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![quinine on, 696, 697; effects of small doses of arsenic on, 587; mechanism of, breathing in rela- tion to, 780; stimulated by camphor, 748 ; strychnine astimu- lant to, 641 See also Cheyne-Stokes’ respi- ration. Respiration, artificial, oxygen breathing apparatus effecting, technique, 783 Respiratory depression, atropine counteracting, 634 Respiratory muscles, diphtherial paralysis of, 83 Respiratory paralysis, pilocarpine (poisonous doses) producing, 627 Respiratory quotient, in relation to carbohydrates, proteins and fats, Respiratory system, acute infections of, vaccine treatment, 192, 193; lubricant mucous of, secretion of, abolished by atropine, 632 Respiratory system, diseases of, as manifestations of irregular gout, 181; in infectious fevers, 79 Treatment: 190-212; by antimony, 600; by arsenical preparations, 593; by phos- phorus, 580; spas suitable for, 38; use of morphine in, 650 See also Air passages, upper. Respiratory system, inflammations of, three stages of, 744; sterilisa- tion by inhalation impossible, 744 Rest, essential factor in heart failure, 217, 231; essential in exophthalmic goitre, 367; essen- tial in febrile stage of rheumatic fever, 109; essential preparatory to operation, 498; following operations, 505; in acute endo- carditis and myocarditis, 226— 227; in acute urethritis, 117; in angina pectoris, 229; in arthritis, 376; in cerebral embolism, 458; in cerebral] thrombosis due to circulatory enfeeblement, 459; in chorea, 462; in depressed states (mental disorders), 490; in disseminate sclerosis, 466; in gastric ulcer, 292; in infectious fevers, methods of securing, 88; in multiple neuritis, 478; in neurasthenia, 68; in preparation of patient for anesthesia, 497; in thrombosis, 238; in tuber- culosis, 124; in varicose eczema, cure heart failure, 517 Rest cures, 65-69; advantages and disadvantages of, 65; advice to nurses in, 68-69; class of cases suitable and unsuitable for, 67; drugs in, the question of, 68; electricity and exercises in, in- dications for, 68; emotional factor in, importance of, 67; in hysteria, advantages and disadvantages of, 67; in insomnia, advantages, 436; in neurasthenia, directions, advantages, and disadvantages, 431; influence of, on emotions, intellect, and body, 66; intel- 854 lectual aspects of, 68; massage in, importance of, 66, 68; mental condition of patient the deter- mining factor, 66; mental occu- pation in, how effected, 68; neuroses in relation to, char- acteristics of, 66; pain, relief of, by, 66; patient’s defensive symp- toms in relation to, nature of, 66; physical aspects of, 68; psycho- analysis in, significance of, 67; success and failure of, factors determining, 68-69 See also Weir-Mitchell treat- ment. Retching, in cerebral hemorrhage, hypodermic injections of morphia and atropine for, 457 Retinitis, complicating diabetes, treatment, 175 Retinoscopy, atropine and homa- tropine, use of, as preliminaries to, 634 Revaccination, indications for, 73 Rhein, purgative properties and formula of, 725 Rheostat, employment in galvanic current applications, 25 Rheumatic arthritis, chronic, see Arthritis. Rheumatic carditis, see Heart. Rheumatic fever, 108-112; attacks, recurrent, manifestation of, 112; attacks, rest after, duration of, 111; beverages in, 109; con- stipation and anemia during, treatment, 112; convalescent stage, diet during, 112; febrile stage, diet and rest in, 109; gums or tonsils, unhealthy, local dis- infection of, 109; heart disease complicating, symptoms and treatment, 109, 111, 112; hyper- pyrexia complicating, hot bever- ages for, 112; relapses in, treat- ment, 110; sweating to be encouraged in, 108 Treatment: by. acetyl-sali- eylic acid, indications for and contraindications to, 110-111; by drugs other than salicylic acid, 110; by salicylate of soda, 109, 110, 112; by serum and vaccine, results unsatis- factory, 111; drugs ineffective in, 110; during febrile stage, 108; local, 111 Rheumatic infection, manifesta- tions of, 226 Rheumatic pericarditis, Rheumatin, characteristics, action, 719 Rheumatism, benefited by radium waters, 63; climate of Biskra suitable for, 35; first attack usually recovered from, 112; inflammation of thyreoid gland in, 366; lithium carbonate in, 543; patient’s clothing in, 376; poliomyelitis liable to be mis- taken for, 102; sulphurated anti- mony useful for, 776; sulphur- ated potash baths useful for, 776; sulphur-guaiacum confec- tion useful for, 776 see Peri- RINGWORM Rheumatism, acute, how salicyluric acid is rendered therapeutically useless in, 519; in acute simple endocarditis and myocarditis, 226; treatment by salicin, 718; treatment by salicylic acid suc- cessful, cause unknown, 517 Rheumatism, chronic, guaiacum and sulphur confection useful for, 775 Rheumatism, muscular, treatment by constant and _= sinusoidal currents, 31 Rheumatoid arthritis, see Arthritis, rheumatoid. Rhinitis, acute, in infectious fevers, 76; acute and chronic, treatment by vaccines, 193; atrophic, bromo-iodine impregnated mud of Weston-super-Mare useful in, 276; atrophic, treatment by vaccines, results, 195; atrophic, causes and bacilli of, 195; chronie after scarlet fever, local treat- ment, 77; diphtherial, antitoxic serum treatment, indications for and against, 75; ulcerative, in infectious fevers, treatment, 77; treatment by antiseptics and astringents, 75 Rhinophyma, 414 Rhubarb, effects on urine, 725; purgative action and properties of, 725; various preparations of, formule for, 730 Rickets, 185-187; age stages of, 185; bone changes in, disappear- ance of, the criterion of cure, 185; calcium content of food in relation to, 559; causative factors, 186; cod-liver oil in, therapeutic value of, 756; deformities in, prevention and treatment of, 186; diet and drugs in, 186, 187; nature and symptoms of, 185; prevention of, 186; treatment by phosphorus, effect on calcium retention, 579, 580 Rickets, adolescent and continued, 185 Rickets, ‘‘ recrudescent,’? 185; with infantilism and interstitial ne- phritis syndrome; renal type of diabetes insipidus in relation to, 176 Rideal-Walker method of stan- dardisation of disinfectants, 702— 703 Rigors, in puerperal septicemia, intravenous serum injections pro- Ringer’s fluid, formule for frog’s and mammalian tissues, 558; in cardiac failure of septic infec- tions, 107 Ringworm, chrysarobin a _ useful remedy for, 774; eczematoid, of toes and fingers, treatment by benzoic acid ointment, 132; efficacious ointment for, 132; in school children, treatment at school clinic, 41; in children, not necessarily due to enfeebled health, 404; internal medication of no avail in, 404; of the beard, treatment by local antiseptics —_—— ~~](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32785720_0882.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
