Rheumatism and rheumatic gout treated on antiseptic principles / by James Dewar.

  • Dewar, Sir James, (1842-1923)
Date:
1871
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Credit: Rheumatism and rheumatic gout treated on antiseptic principles / by James Dewar. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Case No. 5 was that of a middle-aged farmer, of stout frame and proportions, although of very active habits. A few weeks ago I had occasion to see him on account of rheumatism, from which disease he had suffered severely on three j)revious occasions,— the last eighteen months ago, by which he was laid aside for several months. He was in great dis- tress both of body and mind ; he had been taking a few doses of colchicum, fifteen minims thrice a day, at the recommendation of a medical friend, and with this I did not interfere, but I resolved to push the sulphurous acid with vigour, and accord- ingly ordered him a dessert-spoonful containing ten grains of bicarbonate of potash every second hour. The trifling addition of alkali did not appear to affect the therapeutic influence of the remedy, and it has the advantage of rendering the medicme more palatable ; my chief purpose bemg to disguise it so that it should not be recognised. In this I most thoroughly succeeded, for my patient, who had some former experience to guide him, asked if he might be allowed to drink some “ sulj)hurous acid ” in cold water, as he was very partial to it.