Notes on rheumatism / by Julius Pollock.

  • Pollock, Julius, 1835-1890.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Notes on rheumatism / by Julius Pollock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    much as anything else to the improvement of the patient. In rheumatism of the head, and that which affects the sclerotic, a vigorous alkaline treatment is generally the most successful, and as a local application to the affected eye nothing is so serviceable as a weak solu- tion of atropine. To avoid muscular rheumatism we must avoid those things that produce it. Hence it is most important to attend to the general health, and especially to the digestive organs. Straining the muscles in any way is very in- jurious, and liable to bring on an attack of the disease, especially lumbago. Exposure to wet and cold, or to cold only, should be avoided as much as possible; and those who are subject to rheumatism will do well to wear flannel, or some other warm material, next the skin all the year round. It is very useful to have an extra pair of drawers made of red flannel to wear over the ordinary ones