The tonic treatment of syphilis / by E.L. Keyes.

  • Keyes, E. L. (Edward Lawrence), 1843-1924.
Date:
1896
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    their work as oxygen-carriers, and the patient feels toned np. From my standpoint this is tonic action, and I see no reason why I should change my view because Schlesinger,1 of Gottingen, states that although mercury in small doses increases the number of red blood-cells, yet it is not a tonic be- cause it does not raise the temperature, quicken the pulse, and increase the excretion of urea, as iron does. If it did all these things doubtless it would be more tonic than it is; but that it fails to be at all a tonic because it is not up to this standard, I deny. An added experience of over twenty years since the treatment was given to the profession has only confirmed my appreciation of its value. 1 Experimentelle untersuchungen iiber die Wirkung lartge zeit fort gegebencr kleiner dosen Quecksilbers auf Thiere [am 11. Juni, 1879, von der mcdicinischen Facultat zu Gottingen gekronte Preisschrift] Arch. f. exp. Path, und Pharm., Bd. xiii, Heft v, p. 317, March 22, 1881. E. L. Keyes. New York, September, 1896.