On the successful treatment of consumptive disorders, and female complaints connected therewith; on scrofulous diseases; and on the management of delicate health by diet and regimen / [John James Furnivall].

  • Furnivall, John James, -1878.
Date:
1838
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Credit: On the successful treatment of consumptive disorders, and female complaints connected therewith; on scrofulous diseases; and on the management of delicate health by diet and regimen / [John James Furnivall]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with Magnes. Sulphas.—24 : Salines, without the Magnes. Sulphas. ; the Iodine Tincture locally; and a night-pill of Pit Hydr. gr. v.; Opii, gr. j. nocte quotidie. As yet, no progress has been made; pain not abated.—Continued this treatment through May 1, 5, 8, 17. The tumours dimi- nishing latterly; and the pain much lessened.—June 14; Gums tender ; she thinks the local application has always done good ; a smarting heat first ensued, and then a sub- sidence of the pain. Tonic and Sodaic Mixture.—June 30 : Has caught cold ; pain recurred. Hirudin viii. Mist. Citratis Sodse, 5j.; Sodae Carbon. 5ss.; Sp. Ammon. C. m. x. ter quotidie. The Pil. Hydr. c. Opio to be resumed. The Iodine, as before.—Aug. 2 : The mouth had been tender, and the pills discontinued a fortnight ago, but she has continued to take the Mixture and to apply the Tinc- ture ; the mouth now well; the tumours under the axilla hardly to be felt at all—the one above the nipple quite soft and much smaller. Repet. Mist, et Applicat. p. Hydr. c. Creta; Pulv. Ipecac. C. aa. gr. iij. o. n.—Sept. 23 : Pt. Oct. 14 ; No pains ; no swellings ; feels well. Discharged. My notes say this was a most interesting case^ as cancer seemed to have been threat- ened. The iodine exerted an influence truly surprising. It may, perhaps, be alleged that the general treatment was the sole source of benefit,—but I do not think so; and the woman herself was so well aware of the value of the iodine, that she never suffered herself to be a day without it. Sarah W., 67. March 7, 1838: Of dark com- plexion ; anorexia and sleeplessness from pain; bowels rather