Cases illustrative of the beneficial effects of the clorurets of oxides of sodium and calcium, of the Chevalier Labarraque, of Paris : being the most powerful and effectual general and local antiseptics in the practice of physic and surgery / by J. G. F. Hassel.

  • Hassel J. G. F.
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[1827]
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Credit: Cases illustrative of the beneficial effects of the clorurets of oxides of sodium and calcium, of the Chevalier Labarraque, of Paris : being the most powerful and effectual general and local antiseptics in the practice of physic and surgery / by J. G. F. Hassel. 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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    occipital region, and downwards overall the cervical vertebrae and both scapulae; the result of which was, a rapid progress to a gangrenous state, and extensive sloughing of the integuments. Finding the patient, on my third visit, in imminent danger, I, with- out farther delay, made several deep incisions through the apertures and diseased integuments, and after a quantity of dark blood and foetid matter had ouzed out and been washed away with a sponge impregnated with a concentrated infusion of poppy heads, 1 fomented the affected part for half an hour with equal proportions of the same tepid infusion and Labarraque’s Liquid; and with the same mixture I dressed the wounds and sloughy parts. I also ordered the patient to take a draught at bed time, composed of tincture of opium 50 drops, antimonial wine 30 drops, Labarraque’s liquid 15 drops, and cinnamon water 1 oz. After these proceedings the patient experienced not only a very comfortable night, but, to my utter astonishment, almost all the gangrenous parts came away with the dressings on the following morning ; and after five or six applications more of the same mixture, the ulcer
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