Antiseptic therapeutics / by E.L. Trouessart ; translated by E.P. Hurd.

  • Hurd E. P. (Edward Payson), 1838-1899.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Antiseptic therapeutics / by E.L. Trouessart ; translated by E.P. Hurd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Camphorated salol is less efificacious than naph- thol, but is indicated sometimes in subacute laryn- gitis: 3 Salol 2.0 Camphor 2.0 Triturate and filter the liquid mixture. In the most severe cases, scraping or curetting the diseased tissues is of use. I think that sulphoricinated naphthol might be used here in place of camphorated naphthol. Internally, especially in the treatment of croup, the good effects of benzoate of soda are marked. Its uses in the treatment of bronchitis we shall study in the proper place. BRONCHITIS. In the bronchial secretions of patients suffering from bronchitis, numerous species of bacteria are generally found, presenting themselves almost al- ways under the form of 7nicrobian assodatw?is; that is to say, it is difficult to decide if the morbid process has been provoked by one more than another. The kinds most frequently found are: Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella Friedldnderi, Protei, and mycogenous bacteria of which little is yet known, etc. The streptococci, notably, penetrate quite deeply mto the folds of the connective tissue of the bronchi affected with necrobiosis, the protective epi- thelium of which is desquamated; this tissue is infil-