Principles and application of local treatment in diseases of the skin / by L. Duncan Bulkley.

  • Bulkley, Lucius Duncan, 1845-1928.
Date:
[1907], ©1907
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Credit: Principles and application of local treatment in diseases of the skin / by L. Duncan Bulkley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dies used for the destruction or altering of new growths in the skin. We see, therefore, that there are many lines, of quite different character, along which local treatment must proceed, and each must be determined and followed out with care in order to secure the best results—and we see yet more strongly than ever how impossible it is that any one remedy, or combination of remedies, should be “good for diseases of the skin,” as the false adver¬ tisements say. 3. Effects to be Expected from Local Treatment. When water is put on fire we expect it to go out, if the water is used in sufficient quantities and in the right manner. But, unfortunately, as all know, the human frame does not always respond to remedies in just the manner expected, and this is especially true in regard to the skin: disappointments are only too common, unless carefully guarded against. But these are not infrequently the result of want of knowledge or experience. Sometimes it is the fault of the patient, who does not follow instructions perfectly, sometimes that of the physician, who does not impress them clearly or insist on them definitely. For, as remarked before, patients are, as a rule, utterly ignorant of these matters, and are frequently called on to use remedies for the first time. Explicit instructions should, therefore, be given, just how to use local appli¬ cations, and statements made as to how they are to act, and what may be expected of them. This, of course, is not always easy to do, but if a physician has a clear idea as to what he wishes to accomplish, in accordance