The principles of treatment and their applications in practical medicine / by J. Mitchell Bruce.

  • John Mitchell Bruce
Date:
1899
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    measures which our kuowledge of the disease suggests. Natur- ally when neuralgia is due to the presence of intractal)le or inaccessible tumours, say in the chest or cranium, the condition is desperate, but even then relief may often be afforded by specific remedies. A large number of com'plimtiom call for treatment in thf; different kinds of neuritis. Cirrhosis of the liver, for example, and a mild form of dementia not uncommonly accompany the multiple neuritis caused by alcohol. Convalescence should be deliberately extended long afte the neuritis is past. The blood and the nervous system and in alcoholics the whole moral nature, demand prolonge attention. Outline of Practice I. Commencement of Case.—General Management.—Eest of affected part: splints, slings, bandages (p. 576); con- finement to bed in some instances (pp. 575 and 576). Diet.—Quantity and other characters regulated by cause (p. 577). Stimulants given or withheld according to cause (p. 577). Medicines.—Specific remedies for the different causes (p. 574). Haematinics ; see p. 295. Tonics ; see pp. 380, 419. Various simple anodynes for local application (p. 577): (1) Linimenti Aconiti B.P. ^i. A little to be rubbed into the painful part with care. (2) ^ Linimenti Opii siii. To be similarly used. (3) 1^ Linimenti Belladonnse jiii. To be similarly used. (4) Combinations of 1, 2, and 3. Various counter-irritants (p. 575): (1) 1^ Liquoris lodi Fortis sss, Tinctur£e lodi 5ss. [U.S.P. lodi gr. xxv, Potassii lodidi gr. XV, Alcohol 3iii, Aquae Destillatae Tr|_xx, Tincturte lodi sss.] To be painted over the painful part. (2) 1^ Liquoris Epistastici 3ss, B.P. To be painted over the painful part, and the resulting blister carefully dressed. Various powerful anodynes for special use (p. 577): (1) 1^ Phenazoni gr. xv, Aqute 5i- Occasionally when pain is severe. (2) 1^ Phenacetini gr. x. In milk or broth occasionally when pain is severe. (3) Exalgini gr. iii. Occasionally when the pain is severe. (4) Ijt Salicini gr.