Lectures on clinical medicine, delivered in the Hospital Saint-Jacques, of Paris / by P. Jousset ; translated, with copious notes and additions, by R. Ludlam.

  • Pierre Jousset
Date:
1880
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Credit: Lectures on clinical medicine, delivered in the Hospital Saint-Jacques, of Paris / by P. Jousset ; translated, with copious notes and additions, by R. Ludlam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A SUPPURATINa HYGltOMA. PEMPHIGUS. dendron, 3d clil., three drops in 200 grammes of water; a tea- spoonful to be taken every three hours. January 30. The pemphigus is disappearing from every part of the body excepting under the bandage about the knee. Violent pains in the knee compel us to remove the bandage. The patient has chills and some fever. Aconite^ 2d dil. January 31. 'Bo more chills, but the fever is continuous and very severe ; the temperature being 103.10°, and the pulse 92. Continue the same remedy. February 1. The fever has declined decidedly. The erup- tion on the leg disappeared, but new buUse showed themselves on the following days. It was only after eight days' employment of the cantharis^ 3d dil., that this trouble entirely disappeared. February 6. An injection of iodine, one part to three, was made into the bursa. February 7. There is some inflammation of the serous bursa and of the surrounding parts. February 15. The silicated bandage was re-applied. The application of this bandage was continued until March 1, when he complained of so much pain that it had to be re- moved. The sac secreted anew, and pretty freely, a plain serous fluid. March 2. A second injection was used, but it caused no inflammation. From this time a graduated compression was applied, and, thanks to this means, in the space of a fortnight the discharge had rapidly disappeared, the extent of the sac had diminished, the wound had contracted, and the patient was allowed to sit up. ]No new symptoms appeared, and the young man has gone away well. There are still two patients who are ill with benign affec- tions of which I must speak to you. One of them has the himbago, and the other erythematous angina.
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