Practical remarks on the diseases of the skin, on the external signs of disorder, and on the constitutional peculiarities during infancy and childhood / by Walter C. Dendy.
- Walter Cooper Dendy
- Date:
- 1837
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Practical remarks on the diseases of the skin, on the external signs of disorder, and on the constitutional peculiarities during infancy and childhood / by Walter C. Dendy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.
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![glutinous, that of impetigo generally ichorous. The inter- spersion of vesicles produces a resemblance to lymphatic scabies, but the vesicles of impetigo are more slow in their progress, the sensation is more heat and smarting than itch- ing, the cuticle redder and more fissured, and the ichorous exudation more copious than in scabies. Treatment. In mild cases, adoption of the lightest aliment. The mercurial purgative every second morning. The sulphate of potass, or the precipitated sulphur, twice in a day. If we are consulted ere the pustule has advanced to ma- turation, one drop of acet. aromat, on lint, or a saturated solution of lunar caustic, should be applied. In the in- cipient stage of mild cases, the most soothing applications are tepid water, thin gruel, a weak decoction of poppies, or a light moist bread poultice. In a more acute or inflam- matory state, bleeding by leeches or venaesection will be essential, minute doses of tartarized antimony, and in case of much irritation, a few drops of the Tr. hyoscyami given in lemonade twice or thrice in a day. If on the subsidence of inflammation the healing process is slow, it may often be aided by the lotions (J) or (6), or the white precipitate ointment. In more protracted cases, the alkaline, or sul- phureo-gelatinous bath should be employed, or a lotion composed of acid, hydrocyan. 3j., alcohol 3]., aq. ros. 5iij.; or one composed of potassae sulphuret. 3ij., aq. ros. 5iv., and from five to ten grains of sulphuret of potass, may be given in milk twice in a day, with the occasional use of hydr. cum cret.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21444675_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
