The present treatment of disease : an outline of the medical practice of the day, based upon recent clinical cases / by Richard J. Dunglison.

  • Dunglison, Richard J. (Richard James), 1834-1901.
Date:
1886
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    In the case of an anaemic girl with functional dis- turbance of the heart, due to dyspepsia, he prescribed a meat diet, plenty of exercise, and— Tinct. gentian, ferrat., f5j Tinct. nucis vomicae, gtt.v. M. Sig.—Ter die. He speaks highly, also, of a double salt of sodium and iron, the pyrophosphate, in the treatment of anaemia. As it is unirritating, it is the best salt for hypodermic use. It is freely soluble, and can be given in large doses, as it does not irritate the stomach, nor does it produce constipation. For a case of simple anaemia, which had resisted the ordinary treatment of iron, exercise and food, he prescribed— 3, Liq. potass, arsenit., f5j Massae ferri carb., 5ij Syrup, simplic, q.s. ad fSiv. M. Sig.—5j, after each meal, and take, before each meal, tinct. nuc. vomicae, gtt. x. Exercise in open air about three hours after eating. An occasional purge in the form of the official pill of aloes and ferrum; or if there be flatulency, of aloes and asafoetida.