On rheumatism, rheumatic gout, and sciatica : their pathology, symptoms, and treatment / by Henry William Fuller.

  • Fuller, Henry William, 1820-1873.
Date:
1860
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Credit: On rheumatism, rheumatic gout, and sciatica : their pathology, symptoms, and treatment / by Henry William Fuller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE Sassafras in many cases a useful remedy . . . 416 Diluents extremely serviceable in aid of other remedies . . 417 Sulphur often beneficial ...... 417 Colcbicum, when useful . . . . . . 418 Iodide of potassium. Most efficient in periosteal rheumatism . 418 Mezereon, when and how to be employed . . . . 419 Cod Liver Oil. When and how far beneficial . . . 419 Hydrochlorate of Ammonia of great value in muscular rheumatism 420 Arsenic extremely useful when the skin is harsh and there is a want of tone and nervous energy .... 421 Mercury, when to be employed, and in what form . . 422 Value of opiates ....... 423 Other sedatives—belladonna, stramonium, conium, hyoscyamus, and the Cannabis Indica—often serviceable . . . 424 Aconite a very valuable remedy. Class of cases in which it is most efficacious ....... 425 Purgatives. When most useful ..... 427 Local applications of great efficacy in lumbago and stiff neck . 428 Sir Anthony Carlisle's hot iron. Mode of applying it . . 429 Effects of a frigorific mixture as applied by Dr. J. Arnott . . 431 Oil of turpentine very useful in lumbago . • . 433 Benefit to be derived from baths ..... 434 Blisters, when to be made use of . . . . . 435 Liniments and fomentations useful, not only in muscular rheu- matism, but also when the joints are affected . . . 435 Aconitine and veratria ointments. Their singular efficacy in cer- tain cases ....... 436 An alcoholic solution of Aconitine to be employed, when the oint- ment is inapplicable ...... 437 Precautions to be taken against cold, when the patient leaves the house . • . . . . . . . 437 Electricity, galvanism, and acupuncturation. Their respective merits as curative agents ..... 438 Good results occasionally accrue from a brief residence in a warm climate ....... 439 CHAPTER, XIII. ON SCIATICA, AND OTHER TORMS OP NEURALGIC RHEUMATISM. Rheumatism which attacks the nerves, easily distinguished from other forms of rheumatism ... . 441 Position and character of the pain in sciatica . . . 441 Age at which, and sex in which, it most frequently occurs . 442 Apt to prove intractable, and the reason why . . . 444