SCARLET FEVER. Synonyms.—Scarlatina; Scarlet Rash. Definition ...

Creosote is another agent which must be carefully administered or
gastric disturbance will follow, which will be far more harmful, than the
slight benefit derived from the remedy.
Arsenic is one of the agents which we will very early administer in the
disease. Fowler's solution, twenty drops in four ounces of water, a
teasponful every four hours, will prove of great benefit.
Veratrum.—These two remedies, Fowler's solution and veratrum, were
almost invariably used by the late Dr. A. J. Howe. His method was to
give arsenic one day and veratrum the next, and his success with these
remedies was very marked. Veratrum is given in this case, not as a
sedative, but for its alterative effect, there being few better remedies.
Nux Vomica and Hydrastis will be found useful where the appetite is
poor and digestion feeble.
Howe's Acid Solution of Iron.—Where an acid is indicated,—red tongue,
and mucous membranes,—drop doses of this preparation three times a
day, will be found beneficial. It sharpens the appetite, and tends to
arrest the excessive waste of tissue.
Cough.—The cough is one of the most distressing features of the early
disease. Stillingia liniment in drop doses is very effective in relieving
this troublesome symptom. A drop on a lump of sugar every one, two, or
three hours, will secure rest from cough, and also restore the voice. In
some cases it will give better results used as an inhalation. Squeeze a
sponge out of hot water, and drop a few drops of the liniment upon it,
and then hold over the mouth.
If there is pleuritic pain with the cough, bryonia will be found useful. In
the later stages, codein and ipecac will give relief, but heroin, onetwelfth
grain, every three, four, or five hours, will prove the most
successful in the advanced cases.
For the fever, frequent sponging with warm water, and, incidentally,
the indicated sedative should be given.
Night-Sweats.—Aromatic sulphuric acid, from ten to thirty drops at
bedtime, is found useful. Also 1/100 grain doses of atropia. Camphoric
acid in twenty-grain doses'has proven quite beneficial. Picrotoxin in
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