On the use of medicated inhalations in the treatment of diseases of the respiratory organs / by John M. Scudder ; with an appendix on diseases of the nose and throat by Wm. Byrd Scudder.

  • John Milton Scudder
Date:
1895
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Credit: On the use of medicated inhalations in the treatment of diseases of the respiratory organs / by John M. Scudder ; with an appendix on diseases of the nose and throat by Wm. Byrd Scudder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following are the iiihivhatious employed at the Consumption Hospital London, as given in Squires' Pharmacopoeia's of the London Hospitals. They be- long to the class of volatile inhalations, and are em- ployed with the apparatus represented in Figures 1 and 2. No. 26.—Lihalatio Acid Hydrocyan. Dilute Hydro- cyanic Acid 10 to 15 mins.; for one inhalation. No. 27.—Inhalatio ^ther. Chlor. c. Hyoscyam. Chloric ^ther 30 mins.; Tincture Henbane 30 mins.; Infusion of Hop, or water 8 oz. No. 28.—Inhalatio Camphoree. Spirits of Camphor [ to 2 drms,; boiling water 8 oz. ]^o. 29.—Inhalatio Chlorinii. Chlorinated Lime 2 oz.; for one inhalation. No. 30.—Inhalatio Chloroformi. Chloroform 15 mins.; for one inhalation. ]^o. 31.—Inhalatio Conise. Coniine 1 gr.; Spirits of Wine 10 mins.; water | oz. No. 32.—Inhalatio Creasotum. Creasote 6 mins., v^'^ater ^ oz. No. 33.—Inhalatio lodinii. Iodine 2 grs.; Spirits of Wine 10 min.; water | oz. No. 34.—Inhalatio Lupuh. Hops IJ oz.; boihng water 20 oz. Nd. 35.—Inhalatio Opii. Extract of Opium 3 grs. In using inhalations we are guided almost entirely by the sensations ot the patient, as regards their frequency, duration, and continuance. If it gives relief from the cough, and the patient breathes freer and easier, it is doing good, but if the breathing becomes more difficult, though the cough may be relieved, it is doing harm.