The Year-Book of Treatment for 1884-1899 Volume 15 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... 2. IJ Potassii iodidi, gr. xv. Aquae destil., m lxxv. Ext. conii, gr. xxx. Adipis vel petrolati, j.--M. Sig.: Rub in well twice daily. (Gaz. Med. Beige.) ALCOHOLISM. X. S. Davis recommends that the patient be placed under good physical and social surroundings. For impaired digestion, irritable nervous system, and disturbed sleep, Yeo grain of digitaline and 1/30 grain of strychnine at each meal, with from 20 to 30 minims of diluted hydrobromic acid at bed-time, will, he says, give excellent results. For constipation, 30 minims of fluid extract of rhamnus purshiana may be added to the acid. Instead of the digitalis and strychnine, a pill or capsule of 1 grain of extract of hyoscyamus, with 3 grains of cerium oxalate, may be given. Before nn anticipated period of dissipation, a pill of 2 grains of quinine sulphate, the same amount of extract of eucalyptus globulus, and 1/s grain of extract of cannabis Indica should be given with each meal for two weeks. The patient should be separated from his associates, and if this cannot be done in any other way, he should reside in a wellregulated asylum for from six to twelve months. (New York Medical Journal.) ALOPECIA. 1 Besoreini, oij. Acidi salicyliei, gr. xxx. 01. rieini, foj. Spt. virii rect., fovj. 01. bergamii, foj.--M. Sig.: Bub well into the scalp every night. When greater stimulation is desired, one may use I Hydrarg. chlor. corros., gr. xij. Betanaphtholi, gr. xl. 01. rieini, foj. Spt. vini rect., Spt. myrcise, aa foiij---M. Jay F. Schamburg (Philadelphia Polyclinic). Basing his treatment on the fact that the hair contains a substance similar to glue and gelatin, Deichler has administered colloids in different forms, in many affections of the hair. Together with a tonic regime, ...