Clinical lectures on the diseases of women and children / By Gunning S. Bedford.

  • Gunning S. Bedford
Date:
1857
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Credit: Clinical lectures on the diseases of women and children / By Gunning S. Bedford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    milk, and then removed; emollient poultices to the ear; and, when the inflammation and pain are very active, two or three leeches ap- plied round the mastoid process will be indicated. I have found in these cases much benefit from an onion poultice. When the matter be- gins to discharge, it will be right to continue the emollient injections for the purpose of cleansing the ear; and if the discharge should be protracted, astringent in lieu of emollient injections will be proper. One of the following may be employed: R Sulphat Zinci gr. ij Aquas Distillat. k § ij . Ft. sol. R Lactis. Aqua? Calcis. . . . . . . . aa § j Tinct. Myrrhae gtt. xij M. This child has labored under constipation ; it will, therefore, be neces- sary to attend to the condition of its bowels. It will, as a general rule, be good practice to administer in these cases a brisk cathartic, for the reason that it will act beneficially on the intestinal mucous surface; and, with the same view of revulsion, a styptic pediluvium during the inflammatory stage of the disease will be beneficial. Let the following cathartic be administered to-night, followed in the morning by 1 ss of castor oil: R Sub. Mar. Hvdrarg gr. ij Pulv. Jalapae gr. vi Pulv. Antimonial gr. ^ Ft. pulv. During the inflammatory stage, the diet should be simple, consisting of diluents, boiled rice, potatoes, &c. Gonorrheal Ophthalmia in a little Boy, aged three Years.—Wil- liam J., aged three years, has a severe inflammation of the left eye, which is closed, and excessively tumid. The child appears to be in much pain, and altogether an object of distress. How long, my good woman, has your child been affected with this sore eye ? I noticed it for the first time, sir, yesterday morning. Was the eye closed when you first observed it was inflamed ? No, sir; but it closed up yesterday afternoon, and the poor child has been crying all night. Do you know what caused the eye to inflame ] Indeed, I do not, sir. Now, my good woman, tell me the truth, and I will do all I can for your child. Well, doc- tor, I believe the child caught the contagion from its father. ;i What contagion V Oh! sure, sir, you must know! My husband is a worthless man, and he has given my poor little child a dreadful disease, which will destroy his eye! The reason, gentlemen, for my asking these questions, was to confirm the suspicion I entertained as to the par- ticular nature of this ophthalmia, and I have no doubt that it is a case of gonorrhoea! inflammation, one of the most rapidly destructive forms of