A treatise on diphtheria : its nature, pathology and homoeopathic treatment / by Wm. Tod Helmuth.

  • William Tod Helmuth
Date:
1862
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Credit: A treatise on diphtheria : its nature, pathology and homoeopathic treatment / by Wm. Tod Helmuth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    employed during operations upon the mouth—the patient being under anaesthetic influence. The journal says, though it is very simple, yet it must be considered a very important addition to surgical appliances, for every one experienced in these operations knows, how often he has been inconvenienced for the want of an instrument which will keep the mouth open, and, at the same time, prevent no impediment to the admission of air, or to the free course of the operation. For a description and a plate of this instrument, the reader is referred to Rankin's abstract, for 1849, page 248. Sectiojvt II. Toxical Aj^^lications, When Diphtheria was first noticed, a great many articles were thrust upon the notice of the profes- sion and the public as certain specifics. These have fallen generally into disrepute among the members of the homoeopathic school, as the true character of the disease is better understood. So far as my own experience goes, I believe toj)ical applications are not serviceable, and I have tried many — such as muriatic acid, nmriated tincture of iron, ]jercliloride of iron, alum^ tannin, yeast, kali'Clilor, and others. I never now employ any thing, saving perhaps a solution of muriatic acid and water, directing all my attention to the proper selection of the medicine to arrest the constitutional