The pocket book of practical medicine, or, Manual for emergencies, containing a concise account of diseases incident to the human frame, with formula to meet the exigencies of the moment where medical aid is distant or not to be procured, remarks on some of the diseases of women and children, accidents, wounds, &c., poisons, bathing, climate, settlers in distant lands, sea voyages, &c., &c / By W.H. Kittoe, M.D.

  • Kittoe, William Hamilton.
Date:
1844
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Credit: The pocket book of practical medicine, or, Manual for emergencies, containing a concise account of diseases incident to the human frame, with formula to meet the exigencies of the moment where medical aid is distant or not to be procured, remarks on some of the diseases of women and children, accidents, wounds, &c., poisons, bathing, climate, settlers in distant lands, sea voyages, &c., &c / By W.H. Kittoe, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mixture. Camphor, \ drachm. Dissolve in 1 drachm of spirits of wine, and add spring water, and cinnamon water, of each, 4 ounces ; strain and add subcarbonate of ammo- nia, 1 drachm ; syrup of ginger, or orange peel, 4 drachms* Mix, and give two table-spoonsful every four hours. Gargles. Cayenne pepper; 12 grains: hot water, 6 ounces. Infuse half an hour, and strain, add decoction of bark,. 6 ounces; oxygenated muriatic acid, 1 drachm. Mix tor a gargle, and use frequently. Or, barley-water, 5 ounces ; honey, 1 ounce ; muriatic acid, | drachm. Mix for a gargle. Form for administering the belladonna. Extract of belladonna, 2 grains ; spirits of wine, 2 drachms ; water, 2 ounces. Mix, give from ten to twenty drops three times a day, in water. PUERPERAL, OR CHILD-BED FEVER. As these cases require the greatest care and promptitude in their treatment, no time must be lost in obtaining the best medical aid, in consequence of which, I shall not enlarge on the subject, or its treatment, lest mischief arise from delay. Symptoms. The chief characteristics of this fever art, a great tumefaction and extreme tenderness of the abdomen: in its early stage it is always attended with inflammation, which, in a few days, assumes a putrid form. Treatment. In order to save time, where assistance cannot be procured for some hours, apply a few leeches to the abdomen, and keep up the bleeding with warm fomentations (for an hour, but not more on any account).