On the nitrate of silver: with full directions for its application in the treatment of inflammation, etc / [John Higginbottom].

  • Higginbottom, John, 1788-1876
Date:
1850
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Credit: On the nitrate of silver: with full directions for its application in the treatment of inflammation, etc / [John Higginbottom]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the nitrate of silver, without any other remedy; but if it has proceeded so far as to he doubtful whether suppuration has taken place or not, the inflammation will be arrested, and the suppura- tion rendered more circumscribed and limited in its extent. If the tumefaction and inflammation are not subdued in four days after the application of the nitrate of silver, it will be found that suppuration has taken place, and that the use of the lancet will he required to open the abscess, after which the wound will more rapidly heal than if the nitrate of silver had not been used. The cold poultice may be applied every eight hours, and the nitrate of silver every second or third day, as required. XV. Of Small Irritable Ulcers with Varicose Veins. Small ulcers of the legs may be filled lightly with scrapings of black lint, and then covered with a plaster of neutral ointment, and graduated pressure applied with a bandage. It often hap- pens that an adhesive eschar is formed after the