A manual of family medicine and hygiene for India / by Sir William Moore.

  • Moore, W. J. (William James), Sir, 1828-1896
Date:
1889
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Credit: A manual of family medicine and hygiene for India / by Sir William Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    attack takes place is the most certain cure. If this can- not be accomplished, the person may use snuff occasionally and take Recipe 65; and 2 drachms of a solution of quinine (2 grains in 1 ounce of water) may be injected twice daily into the nostrils. Or if the instrument is available, the patient should inhale the quinine solution through the nose from an ordinary hand-spray producer, as used for scents, taking care that the spray reaches the back part of the nostrils, which will be known by the taste. A mixture of quinine 1 grain, camphor 2 grains, with starch 3 grains, used as snuff, is sometimes very beneficial. [An ointment, composed of 1 grain of morphia, 10 grains of quinine, and 3 drachms of spermaceti ointment, smeared on the outside of the nostrils, may also be used. A cocaine tablet (Burroughs and Wellcome), containing one-sixth of a grain slightly moistened and introduced into each nostril, has been found to give immediate relief. The tablets adhere and cause no pain. Or a solution of cocaine (strength from 5 to 15 per cent^ may be applied Avith a camel’s-hair brush, or used Avith the hand- spray. As internal medicine iodide of potassium 3 drachms; arsenical solution (Liquor Potassae Arsenitis) minims 30; Av-ater 6 ounces. A tea-spoonful every four or six hours.] ATROPHY.—This term signifies wasting or withering aAvay, and is the name generally applied to the wasting of children. Tor the maintenance of a healthy state of the body, a certain supply of nutrition is required to meet the waste which is constantly going on. When from any cause the supply of nutrition is not able to meet this Avaste, the natural dimensions are reduced. Atrophy may there- fore arise from a variety of causes. It may be caused by merely withholding the necessary supply of nutritious food Avithout any actual disease, as occurs from feeding too exclusively on farinaceous food. In children up to twelve months old or thereabouts it may generally be refea’red to unsuitable food. BetAveen one and three years old, atrophy is often associated with a rickety condition of
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