Volume 1

Napheys' Modern therapeutics, medical and surgical : including the diseases of women and children a compendium of recent formulae and therapeutical directions from the practice of eminent contemporary physicians, American and foreign / [edited by Allen J. Smith and J. Aubrey Davis].

  • Napheys, George H. (George Henry), 1842-1876
Date:
1892-1893
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Credit: Napheys' Modern therapeutics, medical and surgical : including the diseases of women and children a compendium of recent formulae and therapeutical directions from the practice of eminent contemporary physicians, American and foreign / [edited by Allen J. Smith and J. Aubrey Davis]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hamatoxylon is a favorite astringent with many. Hydrargyri Chloridum Mite. Many practitioners commence the treatment of acute infantile diarrhoeas with small doses of calomel, with soda, chalk or other alkali, and perhaps a few grains of rhubarb. Quite large doses of calomel, gr. x-xxx, are undoubtedly valuable in desperate cases. In rickety, scrofulous or tuberculous children, Ellis advises that no form of mercury be given. Hydrargyri Chloridum Corrosivum. Dr. Ringer long since recommended minute doses of corrosive sublimate for the infantile diarrhoea with very slimy stools, especially if mixed with blood and accompanied by pain or straining. Lately in this dysenteric and other chronic forms it has been urged by Dr. Rudolph Ravenburg, of Washington, D. C, gr. ss-j to water Oj, of which a teaspoonful may be taken at a dose. Ipecacuanha, in small and repeated doses, is often most useful in the more acute forms. Krameria is a pleasant and efficient astringent. Naphthaline, {Jour, de Med., February 3, 1889,) may be given to children in the first period of life, in doses of one and a half grains every two hours. Pure naphthaline never causes any accidents, even when used in very large doses. The following formula is recommended : • 1408. R. Naphthalini, 3 ss-j Sacchari albi, 3 ss-j Bergamot ess., gtt. j. Sig.—Ft., pulv. et div. in chart. No. xx. Naphthaline may also be given per rectum, in a mucilaginous mix- ture which will hold it in suspension, but will not dissolve it. The re- sult will be the more satisfactory the earlier one begins with the treat- ment. According to Bouchard, naphthol is superior in its action to naphthaline. Nux Vomica. In lienteric diarrhoea, where the food passes through the bowels almost unchanged, Dr. Muller regards nux vomica as a spe- cific. The child should have salt-water baths and its diet be carefully regulated. Oleum Ricini. It is excellent practice in acute cases to commence with a mild emulsion of castor oil. Opiutn may be given by enema, with starch, Where there is a marked griping and tenesmus; or by the mouth, as : 1409. ]£. Tinctura; opii, Hlj ij Potassii citratis, gr- j-vi Syrupi aurantii, 3SS.. Aquce cinnamomi, f« § U- This at a dose every three or four hours.