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Excerpt from The Tonic Treatment of Syphilis IN one sense this essay is a text-book, in that it lays down a course of treatment, rather, I confess it, dogmatically. In, revising it, it is not necessary to add what has been done by every investigator in the field, in order to bring it up to date, because it is a record of original work; it establishes an origi nal theory, and upon this pretence it stands or falls. If it ever was up to date, it is now there, and will always remain there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...washed to remove all mercury, and afterward dressed with some soothing ointment (diachylon, oxide of zinc, or vaseline) until the irritation subsides; this may require considerable time. A modified method of inunction, which is much more convenient than the process above described, but not so prompt generally or sure in its action, is to spread thickly, upon a broad band of hard, thick muslin, a patch of about the size of the hand, of mercurial ointment, or twenty-per-cent. oleate. A piece of oil-silk covers the outside of the bandage, and the latter is wrapped around the arm, forearm, thigh, leg, or waist, attached to the clothing so as to remain in place, and is left in position a week or more, if the skin will tolerate it. The patch must be raised daily and the integument inspected. Itching at the edge of the patch, or redness beneath it, means that the skin is beginning to get into trouble, and the bandage must be removed to another place, while the skin is washed and dusted with talcumpowder. The most efficient inunction method with which I am familiar is that employed at the Hot Springs of Arkansas. I resort to it always when, in grave conditions of late syphilis, I wish to produce a profound mercurial effect, or desire to touch the gums promptly. The patient, naked from the waist up, sits astride a chair, leaning the breast against the back of the chair. The ointment, squeezed from a five-gramme capsule, is smeared over the entire back. A strong attendant uses the flat of the entire hand in broad, vigorous sweeps in an oval manner, up and down and around the back, during a space of fully twenty minutes, until the blue ointment, passing through shades of green, grey, and greasy white, disappears into the skin. Then the patient puts...
Descriptions and treatment of the diseases is as concise and as intelligible as possible. Has a chapter on venereal rheumatism.