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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    Tinctura Cantharidis, in doses of gtt. x. at intervals of ten or fifteen minutes to a child of eighteen months, has been used successfully to combat the stage of collapse, by Dr. C. L. Gregory, of Ohio. (Cincinnati Lan- cet and Observer, July, 1876.) Zinci Oxidum is, in the opinion of Dr. V. S. McNider, superior to astringents after the acute stage of the disease is past. {Medical and Surgical Reporter, August, 1876.) Broughton, {Therapeutic Gazette, Nov. 15th, 1890,) recommends the following mixture in severe cases of cholera infantum with profuse and watery stools : 1429. R. Salicylate of bismuth, 2 drachms Sulpho-carbolate of zinc, 4 grains Chalk mixture, 1 ounce Watfi°nC' } °f each l- ounCf;- One drachm of this should be given every two hours until the bowels are controlled, after which the following is prescribed : 1430. ]£. Calomel, 1 grain Sulpho-carbolate of sodium, 20 grains Saccharated pepsin (P. D. & Co.), 19 grains. Divide in ten powders and give one every three hours. EXTERNAL MEASURES. Baths are of the highest importance. In the algid stage, Steiner strongly urges baths of 990 to 1040 F. combined with stimulants internally. Mustard baths of not less than this temperature may be used. As more convenient, Dr. E. W. Emerson, of Boston, recommends wrap- ping the children to the chin in cloths wrung out with hot water and mustard, with a blanket outside, and while thus enveloped feeding them with ice water and a little brandy. {Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, July 27th, 1876.) In early stages, when the temperature is high and thirst great, cool sponging, or even the cool bath, is approved by some. Emplastra. For the relief of the vomiting, a spice poultice or plaster on the epigastrium is often of service. DYSENTERY. A. JACOBI, M. D. Dr. JACOBI says {Arc. Fed., January 1889), the sufferings fr dysentery are so intense, and the dangers from its acute or chro