The eclectic practice of medicine / by John M. Scudder.
- John Milton Scudder
- Date:
- 1891
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The eclectic practice of medicine / by John M. Scudder. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![chian tube are affected to some extent, and the hearing ia nearly entirely destroyed. It may occasionally terminate fatally by an extension of the inflammation to the membranes of the brain. Treatment.—In all cases it becomes necessary to pay atten- tion to the general health, for as long as the child or adult continues cachectic it is almost impossible to arrest the dis- charge. We would put the patient on a tonic, bracing couise of medicine, consisting of the bitter tonics and iron, associated with a vegetable alterative, or with Acetate of Potash, Iodide of Ammonium, or Syrup of Iodide of Iron. Especial atten- tion should be paid to the skin, using the daily bath and follow- ing with brisk friction ; exercise in the open air is also im- portant. Prominent among local applications in all forms of this affec- tion, except when occasioned by a foreign body lodging in the ear, or a polypoid growth, is counter-irritation over the mas- toid process. It should never be neglected, but pursued steadily until the cure is complete. The best agent that I have ever employed is the Cantharides, which may be repeated sufficiently often to keep up a continued influence. In common chronic inflammation of the external meatus, washing the ear out thoroughly with tepid water, and dropping three or four drops of, fy Tincture of Muriate of Iron, 5ij. Glycerin, Sj. M- Into the ear once or twice daily, will effect a cure in one or two weeks. A weak solution of Nitrate of Silver, Sulphate of Zinc, or Acetate of Lead, from four to ten grains to the ounce of water, may be used in some cases. ]pfc Chlorate of Potash, gr. xx. Glycerin. 3ss. Water, fsi. M. Also forms a good application. An infusion of Hamamelis, Hydrastis, Cornus, Geranium, Sage, etc., are found useful in some cases. Later I have employed the Salicylic Acid with Borax, gr. x. of each to Si v. of water, using it with a syringe or brush. Many times washes and lotions are a complete failure, and we obtain a cure by dry applications. Very finely powdered Borax or Boracic Acid has been used with good success.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21077344_0764.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
