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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    Then the following powders are given, and will ordinarily com- plete the cure : 1424. ]£. Bismuth] subcarbonatis, gr- Xvj-xl I'ulvcris ipecacuanha; composite, gr. j ij Pulveris aroniatici, gr_ viij-xvj Pulveris sacchari albi, gr> xjj. ^ For eight powders; one to be taken every three or four hours, in the mother's or cow's milk. Counter-irritation is kept up over the abdomen, with mustard plasters, applied at intervals of three or four hours. The infant il allowed to suck a piece of ice held in its mouth. When stimulants are required, the doctor gives from 15 to 30 drops of port wine. When the infant is artificially fed, he gives it cow's milk and lime- water in the proportion of 1 fluid-ounce of the latter to 5 fluid- ounces of the former; also, broiled mutton or beef, minced very* fine. All farinaceous food is forbidden. The child must be nursed or fed at regular intervals, and not allowed too much at a time. PROF.. N. S. DAVIS, M. D., CHICAGO. In threatening cases, this physician recommends: 1425. ]J. Acidi carbolici crystallisati, gtt. iij Glycerines, f. § ss Tincturae opii camphoratae, f. § j Aquae, f.fss. M. Give 20 drops every half hour, till the vomiting ceases, then every four hours. 1426. ]£. Hydrargyri chloridi mitis, gr. iv Pulveris opii, gr. j Sacchari albi, gr. xx. M. Make eight powders. Give one every eight hours. If the vomiting ceases, but the discharge continues, and the child is fretful and emaciates, then : 1427. R. Olei terebinthinse, f. 3ij Olei gaultherias, gtt. xx Tincturce opii, f. 3 ij Pulveris acacias, Sacchari albi, aa 5 'v Aquae, f. § iij. M. From 15 to 30 drops every three or four hours. NOTES ON REMEDIES. Acidum Carbolicum has been tried with varying results. It cannot be said to have established a reputation in this disease. Argenti Nitras is recommended after the subsidence of the acute symptoms. Belladonna. Dr. Uhler, of Baltimore, has succeded in severe cases with this drug after opiates and other remedies had been tried in vain.