5750. Scarlet Fever

5750. Scarlet Fever. The preliminary treatment for this disease is very similar to that for measles. Give the patient a gentle cathartic, and keep very warm in bed until the eruption appears. (See No. 5749 (Treatment for Measles).) The after-treatment consists of administering a gargle every 15 minutes, when the patient is awake. Make a gargle of 2 table-spoonfuls each brewer's yeast and strained honey, mixed with 1 pint strong 6age tea, and alternate it with the potassa gargle. (See No. 5064 (Potassa Gargle for Sore Throat).) Keep the skin of the patient moist by washing all over, at least 3 times a day, with a solution of saleratus and water as hot as it can be borne; after each washing grease the patient all over thoroughly, with a piece of fat bacon. Great care must be taken to prevent the patient from catching cold in every stage of the disease, and the same cautions about ventilation, warmth, diet, etc., given under the head of measles, must also be observed in the treatment of scarlet fever. Tho patient must not be exposed to any great or sudden changes of temperature, even 3 weeks after convalescence, as a relapse might bo the consequence.

5751. Preliminary Treatment of Scarlatina and Measles

5751. Preliminary Treatment of Scarlatina and Measles. The preliminary treatment is simple: from 1/2 grain calomel, for children, to 5 grains for adults, should be placed on the tongue and swallowed. About an hour after, the first dose of the ammonia (see next receipt) is to be given, and repeated every 3 or 4 hours, as long as the disorder takes a favorable course. If the disorder increases in violence, the medicine must be given every 2 hours, or every hour, or sometimes even more frequently, till tho graver symptoms are subdued. This medicine has been found to possess similar powers over diphtheria.

5752. Treatment of Scarlatina and Measles

5752. Treatment of Scarlatina and Measles. Dr. Witt states that sesquicarbon-ate of ammonia is an antidote to scarlatina and measles. The dose in these complaints varies from 3 to 10 grains, according to the age of tho patient, given at longer or shorter intervals, according to the mildness or severity of the attack. The suitable dose dissolved in as small a quantity of cold water as will admit of its being swallowed with as many grains of loaf sugar, merely to make it palatable, is all that is required. Any admixture with other medicines, as salines, bark, etc., and all acidulous drinks, are to be avoided. .

5753. Preventive of Scarlet Fever

5753.    Preventive of Scarlet Fever. Belladonna has been found to render persons unsusceptible to the fever, in places where it is raging. It is to be given in extract, 1/20 grain morning and evening.

5754. Remedy for Dropsy in Scarlatina

5754.    Remedy for Dropsy in Scarlatina. Mix together 11/2 drachms acetate of potassa; 6 grains extract of foxglove; 2 drachms vinegar of squill; 6 drachms syrup of ginger; and 2 ounces water. Dose, 1 teaspoonful every 3 hours.