The Alkaloidal Clinic Volume 7 No 2

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...aconitine in these granules not only reduce the fever but they mitigate the hyperemia of the intestinal tissues, and thus aid in preventing necrosis and phagedena later. If the fever rules above 103 degrees, the cooled bath of Ziemssen should be employed, repeated whenever the fever rises above that height. I am by no means opposed to cooled baths, and employ them whenever the fever requires them; but I cannot agree with those who make the suppression of this symptom the principal treatment of the disease. This measure neither strikes at the cause of the malady nor does it obviate its most dangerous effect, since hyperpyrexia is rarely if ever the direct cause of death. Besides, the treatment advised above usually renders the cold baths unnecessary as the fever is reduced below the bathing point, 103 degrees F. Sponging the face, hands and body with cool water containing some mild antiseptic is agreeable to the patient. The mouth should be also washed out with aromatic antiseptics.like cinnamon water, several times every day. The heart must be carefully watched. The continuous use of stryclmine and digitalin in the small doses contained in the Dosimetric Triad, 0.0005 (gr. I-I34), / usually suffices to prevent dangerous collapse, if the vascular tension is carefully maintained at the proper point. The lungs must also be examined daily, and if any indication of congestion arises the tract should be cleared by inhalations of vinegar fumes, the pulmonary tissues stimulated by sar1guinarine 0.001 (gr. I-67) every hour or two, and stimulating linirnents applied to the skin. If pus or blood appears in the stools give silver oxide 0.01 (gr. 1-6), and oil of turpentine 0.3 ( m. v) every two hours, until the need has subsided. Hemorrhage will be...