Volume 1

A manual of medical treatment, or, Clinical therapeutics / by I. Burney Yeo.

Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A manual of medical treatment, or, Clinical therapeutics / by I. Burney Yeo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    of the alkalies exert a solvent action on mucus, and so serve to detach and wash away the foul sticky mucous secretions covering the inllamed mucous membrane. Lime water, borax washes, chlorate of potash, and borax tabloids are nseful. A wash containing sali- cylic acid 1 part, dissolved in 5 parts of alcohol, and added to 250 parts of water, has the advantage of acting both as an antiseptic and an anaesthetic. Preparations of eucalyptus or hydrastis may be added to borax washes. In troublesome cases the mucous membrane may be brushed with a solution of corrosive sublimate (1 in 5,000) or of nitrate of silver (2 grains to the ounce). If there is diarrhoea astringents and opiates may be needed. Sucking fragments of ice will often relieve the heat and sensitiveness of the mouth. The foUow- ins: is a good formula for a mouth wash :— ly Boracis drachmas duas (5!]). Sodii bicarbonatis grana quadraginta (gr. xl). Tinctiu-te eucalypti unciain (gj). Glycerini ... ■ semi unciam (gss). AquK ad uncius octo (gviij). Misce, fiat lotio. Or :— Potassii chloratis grana quadraginta (gi. xl). Boracis ... ... ... grana octogiuta (gr. Ixxx). Aquas rosa3 ... ... ... ad uncias octo (gviij). Misce, fiat lotio. 2. Vesicular stomatitis, also termed ai>li- tiious stomatitis, and licrpes of iiioutii, and aplitha;.—In this affection small white spots (often termed aphthjfi) appear on the mucous membrane of the mouth, the spots are surrounded by a red border and are said to be at first vesicular, but this is doubtful. Tlie white spots are probably an exudation from tiae free surface of the mucous membrane beneath the epitlielium; these spots are thrown off, and raw ex- coriated surfaces left. They occur on the anterior half of the tongue, on the imier surface of the lips and cheeks, and on the hard palate ; they are round,