[A guide to the treatment of diseases of the skin / by T. Hunt].

  • Hunt, Thomas.
Date:
[1859]
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Credit: [A guide to the treatment of diseases of the skin / by T. Hunt]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ^nd the health of the patient very delicate. The catamenial now is profuse, and recurs every fortnight. The bowels are habitually costive, but at present she has an attack of diarrhoea. She complains of neuralgic pains in the waist, and general debility. Four scruples of sulphate of magne- sia dissolved in infusion of roses were directed to be taken twice a-day, and ten grains of compound rhubarb pill every other night. 22nd.—Better in every respect. Continue the mixture once a-day, and take five minims of Fowler's solution thrice a-day in water. Jan. 5th, 1852.—No improvement. Bowels uneasy and relaxed, tarsi and conjunctivas swollen. Discontinue the drops, resume the rose mixture and pills. 14th.—Face worse, more papules. Health restored : tarsi well. Take five minims of the liquor arsenici chloridi thrice a day. 21st.—No improvement. The health of this lady became very unsettled. The de- tails of the case would be tedious, but she took arsenic with few intervals till the 9th of November, when the pimples and redness of the face and nose had entirely disappeared. She had also gained strength and flesh, and her health was excellent. I saw her about two years afterwards, and she had remained well. In papulous eruptions I have met with various success in the use of cod-liver oil. Out of seven cases of lichen in which I have recently given it a fair trial, six appeared to receive no benefit; but in the seventh much good resulted from it. Case 3.—Chronic Lichen in a healthy female, cured by cod-liver oil. Jane W., aged 39, married; has been troubled with a dry papulous eruption on the front of the neck for two years, itching much. General health good, but the bowels