Skin diseases and their remedies / by Robert J. Jordan.

  • Jordan, Henry J.
Date:
1860
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Credit: Skin diseases and their remedies / by Robert J. Jordan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    charge, which is a prominent characteristic, it may pour out for a time either as freely as an eczematous affection. Psoriasis is notoriously difficult of cure, and yet there is one remedy—arsenic, which may almost be looked upon as a specific. In order to the successful action of this medicine, how- ever, there are many circumstances to he at- tended to. Generally, there is some consti- tutional debility which requires an improved and corrected and more stimulating diet, with bitters and acids, or some other appropriate tonics; sometimes there is, for a time, a gouty diathesis, which must be considered; some- times a special disorder must he combated—in a word, we must seek to re-establish the general health irrespective of the condition of the skin, and, in proportion as this is done, we may expect arsenic to act beneficially. Five minims of Fowler’s solution, or four, three, or two minims, according to the case, imme- diately after a meal, twice a day, is sure to make a favorable impression upon the disease in time, and to produce no dyspeptic symp- toms if proper care he taken to give a small dose patiently on a full stomach. The re-