On eczema infantile / by Erasmus Wilson.

  • Wilson, Erasmus, Sir, 1809-1884.
Date:
1856
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Credit: On eczema infantile / by Erasmus Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    properties of the cod-liver oil in conjunction with arsenic, I have often found the following formula a convenient vehicle for its use.—■ R Olei jecoris aselli §ij; vitelli ovi j; liquoris potass® arsenitis n\lxiv , syrupi simplicis 5ij ; aqu® fontan® q. s. ad 31V. M. Fiat mistura. The dose is a drachm three times a day, with or directly after meals. Where eczema infantile is complicated with diarrhoea, or congestion of the mucous membrane of the air tubes or lungs, the arsenical remedy should be instantly sus- pended ; the calomel powder immediately administered, and the ordinary antiphlogistic remedies adopted, magne- sia and aromatic confection for diarrhoea, and ipecacuhana for the bronchitic or pulmonary congestion. Where the air-tubes are loaded with phlegm, an emetic is useful; and a poultice to the chest and abdomen will be found an useful adjuvant. In concluding my observations on eczema infantile and its treatment, I must repeat that I know of no cases in the whole catalogue of diseases of the human frame, in which the disease itself is more unpromising in appearance, and dis- tressing in its effects, and at the same time more amenable and tractable under the treatment now laid down, than this disease. RICHARDS, I'M NT HU, 3 T, GTtEAT l)UEEN STREET.