Prophylactic

4339

℞ Acidi sulphurici diluti......3 ij

Aquas..............Oij

M. This quantity is given during the day. With symptoms of the disease, combine the treatment with the repeated use of sulphur baths. - Paris Hospital.

4340

Miura advises the workers in lead, at each intermission in work, particularly before meals, to wash the hands with tartrate of ammonium.

4341

Partake of a quart of milk daily.

In Lead And Nervous Colic

4347

℞ Chloroformi..........3 ss

Alcoholis diluti.........℥ ss

Mix and add:

Aquae.............℥ viij

M. To be given as an enema. - Lutz.

In Painful Constipation Of Workers In Lead

4348

℞ Resinas podophylli,

Extracti nucis vomicae,

Extracti belladonnnae....................āā gr. iij M. Divide into 10 pills. S. One twice or thrice a day. At the same time sulphur baths are to be administered. - Ibid.

For The Relief Of Pain In Lead Colic

4349

Apply a towel with ice-water over the surface of the abdomen, and retain it for a few seconds and then replace it by a very hot dry towel.

- Geneuil.

4350

Introduce the negative pole armed with a ball electrode into the rectum. Apply the positive pole upon the abdomen, and allow a strong current to pass for ten minutes.

- Cincinnati Medical News.

Sulphur Baths

4351

℞ Potassii sulphuratae.......3 iv

Aquae caliche..........cxxx

4352

℞ Potassii sulphuratis.......3 iv

Sodae hyposulphites.......℥ j

Acidi sulphurici.........3 j

Aquae colidae.........cxxx

M. - Louisville Medical News.

In Lead Palsy

4353

℞ Strychniae sulphatis.......gr. j

Confectionis rosae........3 ss

For 20 pills. S. Take one three times a day.

For Copper Colic

4354

℞ Magnesiae sulphatis.......℥ ij

Acidi sulphurici aromatici................... 3 jss

Tincturae hyoscyami.......3 vj

Infusi quassiae.......ad ℥ viij

M. S. One-sixth part three times a day.

- Ibid.

Coma. Remedies Recommended

4355

Bitartrate of potash, sulphate of soda or tartrate of soda.

Purgatives, when blood poisoned. If due to uraemia, pilocarpine and hot baths.

4356

Blisters. - In a comatose condition large blisters or mustard poultices should be applied in quick succession to different parts of the body - chest, abdomen, thighs and calves - often very valuable in the critical condition near the end of an acute illness.

4357

Cold Douche.* - For stupor of drunkenness or of opium poisoning. May have to be repeated if relapses occur. It should be kept up for a long time if pulse and breathing improve, or even become no worse.

4358

Croton Oil. - A purgative, one-quarter or one-third min. every hour. - Ringer.

*Vide on the Douche, by G. P. Hachenberg, M. D. Transactions of the Ohio State Medical Society for 1856.