New methods of treatment / by Dr. Laumonier ; tr. and ed. from the 2nd rev. and enl. French ed., by H.W. Syers.
- Jean Laumonier
- Date:
- 1904
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: New methods of treatment / by Dr. Laumonier ; tr. and ed. from the 2nd rev. and enl. French ed., by H.W. Syers. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![clear, watery solution has a slightly alkaline reaction ; it is not precipitated by chlorides or albumin. Largin was called attention to by Pazzoli in 1897. All those who have made use of the remedy attribute to it an antiseptic power which is very real, and especially active against the gonococcus; indeed, in this connec- tion the action of largin is scarcely inferior to that of argentamine. And it is well known that, when employed as a lethal agent of the gonococcus, argentamine is superior to all the silver combinations of the same kind. Yet largin has one drawback—its slight causticity, which makes the use of protargol preferable in cases of great sensitiveness. Largin is especially useful in gonorrhoea, in which it gives satisfactory results. It is employed in solu- tions of increasing strength from 0*25 per cent, to 2 per cent., of which 10 c.c. are used as an injection three times a day, the strength of the solution being increased by 0*25 per cent, every three or four days. At the com- mencement of the treatment, which continues for four to five weeks, 0*25 per cent, injections of protargol may be employed; these accustom the patient to the use of injections of largin, which are more j)ainful and can be administered later. When the gonococci disappear from the discharge and the urine is once more clear, it is advisable to associate with the largin an astringent solution, that of Ultzman, for example: Sulphate of zinc ... ] Alum ... ... r a a 0 grm.'25. Carbolic acid ... ) Distilled.water ... 200 c.c. Lastly, it is important that the urethra be carefully M.T. X](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21172353_0327.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
