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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    made for X-ray and for thorium treatment. Splenec¬ tomy gives no permanent result. Aplastic Anaemia. The treatment is the same as that for pernicious anaemia, minus the serum. Septic Anaemia. This is usually a complication of other diseases. The treatment is by antisepsis as in the pernicious form; in convalescence it is that of simple anaemia. Banti’s Disease. The group treatment is fairly successful, but X rays to the spleen should be tried, and if both these measures fail, the one chance is splenectomy. Jaksch’s Anaemia. The group treatment is indicated; but it must be reinforced by special remedies when rickets, tuber¬ culosis, syphilis, or intestinal catarrh, is associated with the condition. Leukaemia. The group treatment, and especially that by arsenic, seems to prolong life; but cure is not to be expected. Benzol in capsules, dose 2 to 5 minims, is said to have been successful, but sometimes it makes matters worse. X rays applied to the spleen, or, better, by Pancoast’s method to the medullary canals of the long bones, has also met with some success. Splenectomy is contra-indicated. Haemorrhagic Anaemia. The group treatment is quite successful, provided the haemorrhage has been arrested. In bad cases transfusion is necessary (see Haemorrhagic Group).