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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    In cases in which calomel is employed, our author does not recom- mend its use in larger doses than one-fourth of a grain, morning and evening, together with the astringent and opiate, to a child of one year. To combat the irritability of the stomach, Dr. S. also advises small pieces of ice in the mouth, and the application of mustard to the epigastrium, at the beginning of the attack. In most cases, Bourbon whiskey or brandy, the best of the alcoholic stimulants, is required. It should be used from an early period of the disease, both for the purpose of sustaining the vital powers and of diminishing the gastric irritability. The diet should be simple, but nutritious, and taken often, but little at a time. If the child be at the breast, it should be confined to the mother's milk. If it be weaned, cold barley or rice-water, with whiskey or brandy, should be given in the commencement of the attack; afterward, milk or broth may be employed in addition. 1421. R. Creasoti, git] Liquor calcis, • f- § ij. M One teaspoonful with a teaspoonful of milk, (breast milk if the infant nurses,) re- peated as required, for the vomiting so frequent in the summer epidemics of intes- tinal inflammation. This recipe is much used in the Nursery and Child's Hospital of New York City. Or, the following may be administered: 1422. R. Potassii bicarbonatis, gr, xxv Acidi citrici, gr xv;j Aquae amygdalae amarse, f g j Aclu£E> f.'lij. M. Teaspoonful, repeated as required. Let it be remembered that while the use of appropriate medicines is imperative, their employment is entirely useless unless supple- mented by proper hygienic surroundings, and care in diet. THOMAS HAY, M. D., PHILADELPHIA. This practitioner has employed the following treatment in cases of cholera infantum, with the best results: M23- R- Hydrargyri chloridi mitis, gr. jj Bismuthi subcarbonatis, gr* xvj-xl Pulveris ipecacuanha: composite, gr. j-ij Pulveris sacchari albi, gr. xij# l or eight powders; one to be taken every three hours, for two or three days, or until the tongue and mouth become moist, and the alvine excretion changed in color and consistency.