The Medical Age Volume 9 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...The older drugs, quinine, tartar emetic, salicylic acid, all fail, or have but slight effect. It is specially in this initial fever that analgesin is of great service. One must, however, distinguish between an analgesic and an antipyretic dose of the drug. To obtain the former effect one would give a large dose (say fifteen to thirty grains) in a short time, but this must not be done if its best action as an antipyretic is desired. It is well for this purpose to use constantly decreasing doses (say sixteen grains, twelve grains, eight grains), taking care to divide them so that at no time during the twentyfour hours is the patient not under the influence of the drug. Used in this way, Huchard declares that analgesin seems to have a special action on the tuberculous lesion, and to greatly retard or to arrest its progress. Professor Combemale has used tellurate of sodium, in phthisical and other sweating. It was first recommended by Neusser who gave one-third or two-thirds of a grain in pill once daily. Combemale gave it up to nearly one grain per dose, and tried its effects in eleven cases. His conclusions are: It is a powerful anti-sudorific; a dose of nearly one grain gives the best results; it gives rise to digestive troubles, and especially to a strong garlic odor in the breath. All the compounds of tellurium cause a very disagreeable odor in the breath, and this must always be a bar to their employment, as it is very persistent and disagreeable. In addition to the list, sulphonal has been used with success by a few reporters. Transplantation Of Teeth.--In a monograph on this subject, Dr. Julius Scheff details a large number of experiments made on animals, together with histological examinations, which tend to show that, in the majority of instances, the...