The principles and practice of obstetrics / by Gunning S. Bedford.
- Gunning S. Bedford
- Date:
- 1863
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The principles and practice of obstetrics / by Gunning S. Bedford. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![Her tongue has lost its white coat, her bowels have become regular, with a good appetite; her menstrual evacuation is restored, and she no longer complains of vertigo, palpitation of the heart, neuralgia, etc. The cough, to which particular attention was directed when this girl first ap- plied for advice, has also disappeared. You will remember, gentlemen, when speaking of the case, I -mpressed upon you the importance, among other things, of making a just distinction between the cough of chlorosis and the cough of phthisis pulmonalis. The treatment ordered for her, and which has resulted in the restora tion of her health, was the following : Yp Sub. Mur. Hydrarg. gr. viij Pulv. Rhei . gr. xij Ft. pulv. To be followed in the morning by 1] of castor-oil; and, with a view of exciting a healthy action of the liver, she was directed to take for three successive times every fourth night ij grains of the Hydrarg. c creta, with half a pint of tepid water thrown into the rectum night and morning, to promote the regular peristaltic movement of the bowels. After the bowels had been freely evacuated, a table-spoonful of the following mixture was taken twice a-day : ^ Quinas Sulphat. gr. xv Acid Sulph. dilut gtt. xv Tinct. Card. c. ) .. _ ... > aa 3 hi Tinct. Humuli, J Infiis. Rosag, c. . . . . . . § vj M. When this was completed, she took twice a-day 1 gr. of sulphate of iron, and 2 of Barbadoes aloes. How many pills, Susan, did you take before your courses came on ? Just twenty, sir. And are you now quite well ? Yes, sir.—Page 22. Pruritus Pudendi from Final Cessation of the Menses.—Mrs. O., aged forty-six years, says she is altogether relieved from the annoying irritation of the external organs, from which she had suffered so severely for two months before applying for advice. This was a case of pruritus pudendi, attributable to the final cessation of the menstrual function. She was ordered to lose § viij of blood from her arm, and to be freely purged, with exclusively vegetable diet. The parts to be washed twice a-day with Castile soap and water, and the following lotion to be freely used I£ Sulphat. Aluminis 3 ij Aquas Purae 3 xvj Ft. sol —-Page 31. Amenorrhea from imperfect Physical Development, in a Girl, aged seven* teen Years.—Sarah II. is reported by her mother as much improved in](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21034357_0655.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
