Vol. 60, 1909 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ABSTRACTS.
hyj,e,nc pnncples. Where the circulation Ichthyol in the form of a
isdeectue. loL as
has a
evidenced Imosi
by liability to a specific action on the
ch.lbla.ns and
circTaion
the other ajfs
conditions, the pa- the most useful of local
t,entshould>f
remedies
possible Amon^
spend the winter in other topical applicationrwhich
a warm clnnate. The mrbe
diet must becareful- found beneficial in indi^dua
ly regulated c2s so
are re
as to minimize the risk of sorcin (10 percent, in collod on )
disordenns: the
salfcvHc
d,;,est,o„ or loading the in- acid (3 to 6 per cent, in collodion) and
vor bl ^ r'T^' ^'"^t
f f° - f- Pyrogalic acid, applied in the
vorable orm of
soil for infection.
a
Salol in doses plaster. These applications
often grams,
should be used
three times a day, may be when the disease s very chronic
given after each
Resorcin
meal; salicin and bismuth m particular is apt to cause blisTerhig if
m.abletorin pill are often useful. They used in strength; it should there may be combined oe eve
with quinine, but this be applied to inflammatory
drug
patches
should
led ne
not be given ,n cases where liniment is also useful, "
especially when
."^
''''^"^"''°"- '^o-bined with quinine internally
Dr Morr T rr^'^'^i'"" Sm
'" "'"^^y^,'^ .«"y particular pression by
iiLfi,
collodion he has f
not
benefi Cm found of
arsenic, which is recommend- much use. In the case of small patches,
Ir'.utl T T^ "'^ ''^?'^ ^-"'^ '*""^'' s^^irification or light T toucnes
or
of
elderly
th;
people, h.rgotm, the author says, thermocautery often give good results \
.^^''--t'-reisanyab- dressing of iodoform-- or a i.r;"f""", sallc"^ add
'^'''^"'^^•°"
•
l>f «T,r
f\^-e«
'cl'thyol plaster mull should be applied afterward,
mternallv. as recommended by Tnna; it In chronic cases he has used the Finsen
not only regulates the circulation, but acts light with success. In acutecases theli-ht
as an intestinal disinfectant and prevents treatment does harm, and its effects should
the formation of gas. In certain cases at always be carefully watched. These a-ents
the period of the menopause, when ichthyol which are apt to 'be injurious in the'early
nas tailed, he has given small doses of stages, are particularly useful in the later
opium beginning vvith l-3f»th,of a grain in stages, when there is thickening of the inpill,
three times a day, and gradually in- tegument. X rays have, in his hands
creasing up to doses of one fourth of a proved uncertain. Radium may be applied
gram. Adrenalin maybe of use for the to limited areas. In short, the'object
sameaim-
purpose In some very acute cases ed at in using these agents is to set up a
ot lupus erythematosus he has had good certain amount of local reaction Hence
results from the use for short periods of ex- they should never be used when there is
clusively meat diet washed down by copious acute inflammation. At present there are
draughts of liot water. This cleanses the no rules to guide us in the selection of the
imestnia tract by preventing the formation particular agent; one will succeed where
ot gas which is produced by farinaceous another fails. They must therefore be used
substances, and promotes the elimination more or less empirically
of waste products by flushing the kidneys.
In acute cases the meat and hot water may Meal Broths lor Infants.— -^y Stoeltzner
be continued for ten days at a time. Cal- ( Medizin Klinik ) has obtained "excellent
pum chloride hasbeen found by some bene- results, in the case of infants brought to
ncial 111 the treatment of chilb'lains, and on him with gastrointestinal symptoms due to
me ground of its alleged action on the cir- a diet of flour foods and sugar, by putting
-ulation It might possibly be of advantage, them on a mixture of milk and meat broth.
lie 1 High frequency current is often of ser- Bretonneau in ISIS first attempted to feed
tjvice, chiefly in promoting metabolism and young infants sulTering from atrophic
naintaining a healthy state of the intestine, chronic gastrointestinal symptoms on milk
n general terms It may be said that the pa- mixed with broth instead of with water'
•lent should lead.'a healthy outdoor life as since that time the system of inrant feedar
as circumstances will allow. In regard iiig has never fallen into absolute disuse in
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