This section is from the book "A Treatise On The Materia Medica And Therapeutics Of The Skin", by Henry G. Piffard. Also available from Amazon: A Treatise On The Materia Medica And Therapeutics Of The Skin.
C. Scrofulous affections in general are radically cured by preparations of the leaves of Juglans regia. The therapeutic action is suffi-ciently constant to enable one to expect a cure in three-fourths of all cases. The effects of treatment are manifested slowly.* Twenty to fifty days may elapse before effects are noticeable.* Patients cured usually preserve the health obtained during the treatment; relapses are infrequent.* The first noticeable effect of treatment is the improvement of the general health; later, the lesions improve.* In certain non-ulcerated strumous ganglia, the effects of treatment are very slowly developed; in ulcers and fistulous tracts, on the other band, results are much more prompt.* In scrofulous affections more generally useful than the over-praised iodine, 26, 689.
D. Ulcers and eruptions, 23, 5: 54.
 
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