Aids to rational therapeutics : with U. S. A. pharmacopoeia equivalents / by Ralph Winnington Leftwich.

  • Leftwich, Ralph Winnington, 1849-1919
Date:
1918
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Credit: Aids to rational therapeutics : with U. S. A. pharmacopoeia equivalents / by Ralph Winnington Leftwich. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Aortic Regurgitation. Digitalis is inadmissible here in the early stages; but it becomes useful later when the right ventricle is involved or when compensation is failing. Many aortic cases are of syphilitic origin, and benefit by iodide of potassium combined with a tonic. Thus: R Pot. Iod. . . . . . . 5i- Syr. Aurant. .. . . §i. Inf. Calumbce . . . . ad §vi. M. One tablespoonful three times a day. If the kidneys are not acting sufficiently, io or 15 grains of diuretin in warm water should be given. Aortic Stenosis. Digitalis is better avoided here. Syphilis is a factor in the causation, so that the prescription for aortic regurgitation is suitable. There is a good deal of anaemia in most cases, and iron is indicated: R Pot. Iod. . . . . . . Ji- Syr. Ferri Iod. . . . . §i. Infus. Quassice . . . . ad §vi, M. One tablespoonful three times a day. Attacks of praecordial pain and oppression are best met by nitrites, and, owing to the longer duration of its effects, especially by erythrol tetranitrate r grain every three hours. Fatty Degeneration of the Heart. Digitalis is contra-indicated, and little can be done by drugs. A good deal, however, can be effected by very carefully graduated exercises. The muscles of the unemployed blacksmith undergo a similar degeneration; but they gradually recover their