Small-Pox - Formulary Of Selected Remedies General Treatment

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1. Vaccinate at once.

2. Give a saline cathartic as early as possible.

3. Give five grains of quinine every four or five hours.

4. As the pustules are developed, take a hypodermic syringe and aspirate the pus.

- Dr. J. M. Jackson.

Abortive And Curative

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℞ Alcoholis...........3 ijss

Acidi salicylici........gr. xv

Syrupi simplicis........ 3 v

Aquae ............ ℥ ij

M. S. One tablespoonful every four or six hours. - Bouyer.

In Small-Pox And Scarlatina

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℞ Zinci sulphatis,

Digitalis ......... āā gr. j

Sacchari............3 j

Aquae.............℥ iv

M. Add the water gradually. S. One table-spoonful every hour. Naphey.

In The Early Stage

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℞ Acidi carbolici,

Acidi acetici.........āā 3 j

Tincturse opii,

Spiritus chloroformi.....āā 3 j

Aquae........... ad ℥ viij

M. S. One tablespoonful every four hours till the fever subsides. - Ibid.

How To Modify The Virulence Of The Disease

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℞ Olei sinapis nigri setherei.....................e x

Alcoholis absoluti........3 jss

M. S. One drop in a little milk or some gum water every two hours..

- Dr. Frank. A. Rockwith.

For The Angina Of Variola

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℞ Xylol . .............3 j

Gummi acaciae............3 ij

Aquae menthae piperitae......℥ v

Make into an emulsion. S. Use as a gargle and mouth wash. - Dr. Edwin Rosenthal.

How To Prevent Pitting

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℞ Collodii flexilis.........q. s.

S. Apply every day or two, with a brush, to the eruption. - Ringer.

How To Prevent Pitting And Secondary Fever

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℞ Calcis calcinatae.........℥ iv

Sulphuris...........℥ viij

Aquae.............Ov

M. Boil in an earthenware pan, evaporate to three pints, and filter. S. Apply locally to the eruption. - Peters.

How To Prevent The Intolerable Itching Of The Disease

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℞ Acidi salicylici.........3 iijss

Amyli............. ℥ ij

Glycerini .........℥ ix

M. S. Apply to hands, face, etc., with a camel's hair brush, as needed.

For Small Children

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℞ Salol,

Amyli............āā 3 ij

Glycerini, q. s. to make a paste. Apply as above - W. M. Yandell, M. D.

Confluent Variola

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1. ℞ Acidi salicylici.....p. 10

Vaselini.........p. 225

M. S. Apply three times a day to the face, neck, limbs, and body.

After each application of the ointment, dust the entire body with the following powder:

2. ℞ French chalk......p. 125

Acidi salicylici........p. 5

3. Give daily, three capsules of sulphate of quinine containing four grains each.

4. Gargles of borates will be valuable.

5. Milk diet should be enforced.

- Dr. Beaudom, of Mouy, France.

Confluent Small-Pox

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℞ Tincturae iodi.........℥ j

Glycerini............℥ iij

M. Paint the entire surface of the body after the seventh day. This painting process is renewed every four hours until the twelfth day of the disease. - Am. Practitioner.