Surgery : its theory and practice / by William Johnson Walsham.

  • William Walsham
Date:
1887
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Credit: Surgery : its theory and practice / by William Johnson Walsham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HiEJIOPniLIA. like ca charm. It is best administered as an inunction by l^ntting half a drachm of blue ointment on the binder of the child and allowing it thus to be rubbed into the skin.- Or it maj' be given in the form of mercuiy and chalk in doses of from half to one grain, but is then apt to cairse diarrhoea. Mercuiy, however, shoirld be given with caiition if there is much marasmiis, and discontinued as soon as the S5'mi:)toms have cleared up, lest mercimal stomatitis be induced and the permanent teeth suffer in consequence. The child should be well and carefully fed during the mercririal coiirse, and small doses of cod-liver oil may often be taken with advantage. If the mother is Tinable to suckle the infant it must be brought up by hand, not by a wet-nurse, for fear of her nipple becoming Fio. 5.—Sypliilitic teetli Fio. 6.—Mercurial teetb (after Hutcliinson). (after Hutchinson). affected with a primaiy chancre, a danger the mother herself does not run, even although she has exhibited no signs of syphilis. In the latter stages, as in those of the acquired form, iodide of potassium is indicated, and may frequently be advantageously combined with small doses of mercurj', where tlie ]a,ter lesions, as is too often the case, prove intractal)le. Lastly, should .syphilis bo suspected in either of the ])arents during the period of gestation, merciiry should 1)0 administered to the mother ; whilst a caution should be given to botli iiarcmts aft(!r the birth of a syphilitic infant for the sake of a,ny future offspring. ■ ILISMOPiriLTA. HyKMOPlllLiA, or the hu'morrhagic diathesis, is a, con- dition in which bleeding is prone to occur siiontanoously
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