The practice of medicine / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

  • Thomas Hawkes Tanner
Date:
1872
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Credit: The practice of medicine / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    262. Atomized Fluids for Inhalation. The dose mentioned is to The following drugs may be used in the form of spray. be added to one ounce of water : Acidum Carbolicum, Acidum Sulphurosum Acidum Tannicum, Alumen Exsiccatum, Aqua Laurocerasi, . Argenti Nitras grs. 1 to 2 . drs. 2 to 8 grs. 3 to 12 grs. 3 to 20 min. 5 to 20 grs. 1 to ^'S™'1 -mn«^, .... &io. - w ^ Borax, grs. 5 to 20 Extractum Belladonnas, . gr. £ to 1 Extractum Conii, . . . grs. 5 to 10 Extractum Cannabis In- dicas, gr. J to 1 Extractum Opii, .... gr. ^ to 2 Eerri Ammonio-Sulphas, . grs. 3 to 6 Hydrargyri Perchloridum, gr. -fa to \ Liquor Arsenicalis, . . . min. 3 to 8 Liquor Calcis Saccharatus, fl. drs. 1 to 4 Oleum Terebinthinas, . . min. 1 to 5 Potassas Chloras, .... grs. 5 to 10 Potassas Permanganas, . . grs. 2 to 4 Potassii Bromidum, . . grs. 2 to 10 Potassii Iodidum, . . . grs. 2 to 10 Sodii Chloridum, . . . grs. 5 to 40 Tmctura Ferri Perchloridi, min. 5 to 30 Tinctura Iodi, .... min. 1 to 15 Tinctura Opii, .... min. 3 to 20 Zinci Sulphas grs. 3 to 15 The best instruments for dispersing the finest spray are,—Dr. Siegle's, in which steam is applied as the dispersing medium: a modification of this apparatus, made by Krohne and Seseman, of 241 Whitecbapel Road: Dr. Bergson's or Dr. Andrew Clarke's double handball spray-producer ; Mr. Maunder's single handball. Atomized medicated fluids may be advantageously used in affections of the lining membrane of the nose, mouth, and fauces. In croup, and diphtheria: Syphilitic affections of palate and throat: Laryngitis : Tonsillitis : ffidema of the glottis : Tuber- cular or syphilitic ulcerations of larynx: Hoarseness and loss of voice: Whooping cough: Asthma : Haemoptysis: Bronchitis: Phthisis. During their application the patient should make deep and long inspirations and expirations. Except in acute cases one application daily will suffice. In addition to the drugs mentioned above, pure glycerine may be used; or olive oil, or even cod-liver oil; or plain warm water ; or the undiluted sulphurous acid (in diphtheria). XIII. LOTIONS, LINIMENTS, COLLYRIA, AND OINTMENTS. 263. Hydrocyanic Acid Lotions. R. Acidi Hydrocyanici Diluti, fl. drs. 3; Plumbi Acetatis, gr. 60; Spiritus Rec- tificati, fl oz. 1 ; Aquas Sambuci, ad fl. oz. 8. Mix. In impetigo, prurigo, &c. R. Liquoris Potassas, fl. drs. 2; Acidi Hydrocyanici Diluti, fl. drs. 1£; Glycerini, fl. oz. 1; Aquas Rosas, ad fl. oz. 8. In some cases of pityriasis. ]J. Liquoris Ammonias Acetatis, fl. oz. 1; Acidi Hydrocyanici Diluti, fl. drs. 1£; Infusi Tabaci (made with sixty grains of Bird's-eye tobacco), ad fl. oz. 8. Mix. To be sponged twice or thrice daily over the seat of irritation. In pruritus about the anus, vulva, &c. R. Hydrargyri Perchloridi, gr. 3; Acidi Hydrocyanici Diluti, fl. drs. 2; Misturas Amygdalas, ad fl. oz. 8. Mix. To check irritation in prurigo and other skin diseases of limited extent. 264. Astringent Lotions. R. Glycerini, fl. oz. 1; Liquoris Plumbi Subacetatis, fl. drs. 2; Spiritus Rectificati, fl. drs. 4; Aquas Rosas, ad fl. oz. 8. Mix. In eczema, ecthyma, pityriasis, &c. U. Zinci Sulphatis, gr. 16; Spiritus Rosmarini, Tincturas Lavandulae Compositas, .aa fl. drs. 2; Aquas, ad fl. oz. 8. Mix. The common Red Lotion of hospitals. Very useful for strumous and other ulcers.