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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    The strength of the patient may be sustained by the use of hypodermatic injections of caffeine dis- solved in boiled water to which benzoate of soda has been added (2 grammes of each to 6 grammes of water). English physicians have recommended a potion composed as follows: Salicylic acid ^ go Ammonium carb., q.s. to neutralize. Glycerin 30 Bromide of ammonium ) Muriate of ammonium t aa , 7.50 Benzoate of ammonium ) Liq. ammoniae acetatis 60.00 Peppermint water q.s. to make 180.00 (To be taken by soupspoonfuls every two hours in warm milk or water till defervescence takes place.) Benzol is recommended by M. W. Robertson (of Newcastle-on-Tyne). In grave cases intestinal and general antisepsis must be sought by aid of naphthol, betol, or benzo- napthol. WHOOPING-COUGH. Although the contagious and infectious nature of this affection is generally admitted, the microbe which produces it, probably the bacillus discovered by Affanassjew in 1887 {Bacillus Affanassieffi, Tr6vi- san; B. tussis convulsive, Affanassjew), has not vet been sufficiently studied.