The treatment of syphilis / by Alfred Fournier ; English translation of the second edition (revised and enlarged) by C.F. Marshall.

  • Fournier, Alfred, 1832-1914.
Date:
1906
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Credit: The treatment of syphilis / by Alfred Fournier ; English translation of the second edition (revised and enlarged) by C.F. Marshall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGES chosen in preference to other methods of treatment under certain spécial conditions—Unequal action of inunction in different cases— Probable explanation of this fact—In what cases are inunctions especially suitable ?—As a method of contingency under certain spécial indications they constitute a perfect mode of treatment, but they also far from satisfy the conditions necessary to render them a routine method in the treatment of syphilis ----- 73-86 CHAPTER XI MERCURIAL PLASTERS—MERCURIAL BATHS Emplastrum de Vigo—Quinquaud’s calomel sparadrap—Mercurial balneo- therapy 87-89 CHAPTER XII METHOD BY FUMIGATION An old method called the treatment ‘ by perfumes’—Present-day method— AUeged advantages of the method—Inconvenience and dangers—Why fumigation should not constitute a routine mode of treatment— Mercurial flannels ------- 90-95 CHAPTER XIII METHOD BY SUBCUTANEOÜS INJECTIONS What advantage does the hypodermic method possess compared with the other methods of administration of mercury ?—Discussion—Technique of the method—Two rival methods ----- 96-101 CHAPTER XIV METHOD BY FREQUENT INJECTIONS The many compositions used for these injections—Sublimate—Ammonio- mercuric peptone, or solution of Delpech—Cyanide—Benzoate— Biniodide—Advantages claimed for this method—Discussion—Nothing confirme the superiority claimed over other methods of treatment— Inconvenience and dangers of the method—Painful phenomena— Immédiate and remote pain—Phenomena of local reaction—Nodosities, abscess, gangrené—Diminution of accidents due to improvement in technique—Conclusions—Without being absolutely inoffensive, the method of soluble injections has not so many drawbacks as to exclude it from the therapeutics of syphilis ; but, on account of its inhérent inconvenience, it should only be preferred to other methods under certain particular indications—Investigation of these indications—Why the System of soluble injections should not be instituted as a routine method in the treatment of syphilis - _ - _ 102-113