The Therapeutics of Gynecology and Obstetrics (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. 1881. Excerpt: ... DISEASES OF THE NIPPLES PROF. FORDYCE BARKER, M. D. NEW YORK, For sore nipples, recommends the following: 362. Ji. Plumbi nitrat., Glycerinae, f.gj. M. He also directs, as soon as the child is taken from the breast, that the nipple be painted freely with the compound tincture of benzoin. If the ulcerative process has commenced, stop nursing from that nipple and paint it with a solution of nitrate of silver, of the strength of gr. x. to f. I j. of distilled water. For inflammation of the nipple he recommends a soft bread and milk poultice for a few hours, and then keep the breast covered with one or two thicknesses of linen wet with a solution of lead and opium. 363. R. Aquae rosae, f.t3iijsa. Liq. plumbi subacet. dil., f.5 Bs. Ext. opii aq., JJj. M. Ft. lotio. After the inflammation is so far subdued that nursing can be borne without much pain, he applies the following after carefully washing the nipple: 364. B. Aquae rosa% Glycerinse, aaf.ij. Acidi tannici, ., ij M. Ft. lotio. (IS Union Medicale du Canada, January, 1879.) The treatment recommended by M. Brochard for fissured nipples is so simple that it deserves to be popularized. When chaps exist on the nipples, whatever their extent, the nipple should be washed with pure water, and then dried and dusted with suberin, which, as is known, is impalpable cork powder. The author has used it for several years, and prefers it to lycopodium for infants. Dr. Haussmann, of Berlin, recommends compresses soaked in a five per cent. lotion of carbolic acid, and changed every two or three hours, as the best remedy for sore nipples. If both breasts are affected, and, nevertheless, suckling has to be carried on, the nipple must be carefully washed each time, before the infant is put to them, to prevent poisoning by the ..