Annual diary of health, or, Family physician & druggist : containing the necessary theoretical and practical manner of preparing medicines and preserving or curing yourself of disease, at small cost and with promptitude, of all curable evils, and of giving relief to those who labor under chronic or incurable diseases / by F.V. Raspail ; translated from the Paris edition of 1846 by A. Fortier.
- François-Vincent Raspail
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual diary of health, or, Family physician & druggist : containing the necessary theoretical and practical manner of preparing medicines and preserving or curing yourself of disease, at small cost and with promptitude, of all curable evils, and of giving relief to those who labor under chronic or incurable diseases / by F.V. Raspail ; translated from the Paris edition of 1846 by A. Fortier. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![tration and to adopt it as I have done, every one must pass through the same demonstration which led me to its adoption. We believe much when we see and hear ; we believe less when we read. May the simplicity of my style convey my own belief in the bo- som of those I would prevent from becoming dupes and sufferers.! I must notify breeders and farmers that my treatment is as effec- tual in veterinary as in medicine, with this simple difference that turpentine is used in lieu of camphor and aloes. (155.) Anodyne water is employed for animals as well as on hu- man beings in cases of fever, sudden rushing of the blood, suffoca- tion, &c. Abscess. 264. Causes.—Abscess is a sub-cutaneous or sub-muscular gather- ing of pus, brought on by the disorganisation of the tissues. The introduction of a splinter, a bone, needle or any other strange body, the poisonous effects of an insect, produce by cutting, mashing or tearing the flesh, decomposition of the solid remnants and sanguine and lymphatic liquids in a yellow milky produce, whose acidity drives fever in the torrent of circulation, and is capable of invading pro- gressively the sound tissues until it finds an outward passage. Effects.—The limb stiffens, the skin which covers the focus be- comes distended and swollen and asumes a yellowish hue when the pus takes its direction towards this point. Fever seizes the patient, he becomes emaciated, looses his appetite and sleep. Treatment.—In such cases, and when the collection of pus is abundant, no medicine could be as effectual as the bistoury, in making an artificial opening for the pus and empying the contents of the sack. The opening is to be made on the lower part of the sack in order to facilitate the escape of the liquid. The sack is to be pressed until no more pus runs out. But as this operation only removes the pro- duce and cannot attain the cause, which in many circumstances, is animated, the sack must be often injected with milk warm tar water first, and afterwards with camphorated oil [153] ; after these injec- tions, press again the sack until cleaned out. This being done draw the flesh together and cover the wound with fenestre linen [232] soaked in camphorated oil [153] ; sprinkle this linen with a coating of camphor powder [126]; apply on the powder lint pledgets (233) covered with a coating of camphorated ointment [158]: cover this with small bleached linen bands [231] and secure the whole dressing by large bands surrounding the limb, well sprinkled with comphorated alcohol [139], taking care, however, that alcohol does not penetrate to the quick flesh. Should fever arise, apply anodyne water [169] in com. presses around the neck, wrists and head. This will soon cure it. ■ With this dressing, the patient may eat his three or four meals a day without any accident. We guarantee our treatment and will give a few examples under the head of cancer and white tumors on the knee.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21149318_0061.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
