The principles and methods of therapeutics / by Adolphe Gubler ; tr. from the French.

  • Gubler, A. (Adolphe), 1821-1879.
Date:
1881
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Credit: The principles and methods of therapeutics / by Adolphe Gubler ; tr. from the French. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XIII. — DIADERMIC METHOD; HYPODERMIC METHOD 150 Diadermic Method—History—Mayer's hammer—Ammoniacal blister— Precautions to be taken—Its advantages and disadvantages ; Euto- dermic Method—History—The life-awakener ; Hypodermic Method —History. CHAPTER XIV.—HYPODERMIC INJECTIONS 160 History [continued']—Substances that can be injected ; Injection Syringes; Alkaloids and Glycosides—Curara—Mineral salts—Nutrient substances— Serum in the blood—Peptones; Physical Requirements for Injections —Solubility—Water—Alcohol—Glycerine ; Chemical Requirements for Injections—Effects of acids—Greater solubility of salts—Excep- tions ; Effects of Alkalies—Correctives—Albumen — Hydrobromic acid ; Standards of Solutions. CHAPTER XV.—HYPODERMIC INJECTIONS—[Continued] 170 On the Choice of a Region—Tolerance of certain regions—Facility for absorption ; Injection loco dolenti—Special regions ; Manner of Ope- rating ; Solution—Its standard—Its concentration—Algae—Their effect ; Preventive Methods against the Development of Algœ ; Local Effects of Injections. CHAPTER XVL—HYPODERMIC INJECTIONS—[Continued].... 182 Common Local Phenomena—Local phenomena which vary with the sub- stances injected ; Diffused General Phenomena—Injections of water —Phenomena of imbibition, of sympathy, of contiguity, and of continuity; Rapidity of Action of Hypodermic Injections—-Their con- stancy of action. CHAPTER XVII.—HYPODERMIC METHOD-[Continued] 194 Proportional effect of the different substances through the stomach and by the hypodermic way—Causes of this difference—Local accidents attending hypodermic injections—General accidents. CHAPTER XVIIL—HYPODERMIC METHOD—[Concluded] ; ACUPUNCTURE ; TRANSFUSION 205 Substances for which the hypodermic method is unfitted.—Objections to the method ; its advantages preponderate—Acupuncture, electro- puncture, parenchymatous, or substitutive method of injections— Introduction of medicaments through the vascular system—History of transfusion—Principles.