Ichthyol, Its History, Properties, and TherapeuticsMerck & Company, 1913 - 157 pages |
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Page 101 - Of the remaining cases 17 were apparently cured ; in 50 there was notable improvement ; in 32 there was some improvement ; in 28, up to the date of report, the treatment had produced no effect. The good effect of the Ichthyol shows itself first in the influence which it has on the symptoms produced by the local lesions — cough, expectoration, dyspnoea — afterwards on the general condition.
Page 61 - Fallopian tubes; (6) increased spasm or blood-pressure in the tissues of uterus or appendages, — congestion ; (c) neuralgia of the uterus or the appendages. As to treatment, we must treat the cause. Nearly all cases are benefited by rest at the periods, hot vaginal douches during and between the periods, and, in inflammatory cases, tam'pons of glycerin and ichthyol, and saline aperients.
Page 108 - During the first week of the treatment little or no appreciable effect is noticeable in the chest symptoms; after that time, however, a gradual impression becomes manifest. The cough paroxysms lessen in intensity and frequency, the expectoration becomes more profuse, and the sputum loses a measure of its density. Proportionately to the amelioration of local symptoms the appetite improves, and there is usually a marked weekly gain in weight. Notwithstanding its exceptional service in the chronic forms...
Page 137 - Thiersch's solution, then covered with a layer of ten per cent, ointment of ichthyol, and then applied to the carbuncle. A piece of rubber protective large enough to overlap the gauze is now placed on the same to keep in the moisture. A layer of cotton is placed on the protective, and then the bandage is applied and allowed to stay on for two days. When the patient returns to be rebandaged, and to have the dressings renewed, the cores are found to have separated from their respective walls, and at...
Page 137 - Fold a piece of aseptic gauze until it forms a thickness of six to eight layers, the surface area to be somewhat larger than the carbuncle to be covered. The gauze...
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Page 7 - ... but is insoluble in strong alcohol or concentrated ether. It contains a large percentage of sulphur in a form which is at once soluble and readily assimilable.
Page 101 - Colin, of Hamburg, in 100 cases of the same disease, the author pointed out that from what was known of the action of ichthyol as an astringent of the vascular system, as an antiseptic, as a disinfectant of the digestive apparatus, and as an ailment d'epargne it was a priori presumable that it would be useful in phthisis.