Materia medica and therapeutics : for physicians and students / by John B. Biddle.

  • Biddle, John B. (John Barclay), 1815-1879.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Materia medica and therapeutics : for physicians and students / by John B. Biddle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    are serviceable in lumbago, sciatica, chronic rheumatism, and affections of the joints ; rubbed on the chest in bronchitis they often afford relief. 6. Acupuncture consists in the introduction into the body of fine, well-polished, sharp-pointed needles; they are introduced by a rapid rotary motion. This is a useful remedy in rheuma- tism, neuralgia, and local paralysis. By the use of insulated needles a galvanic current may be conveyed to deeply-seated nerves. For purposes of counter-irritation a form of acupunc- ture is now used termed Baunscheidtisnms. In this, an instru- ment is employed consi-sting of a heavy disk about half an inch in diameter, having inserted in it about twenty-five sharp needles, each about nine-sixteenths of an inch in length. To this disk is attached a strong wire spiral spring five and a half inches in length, and the other extremity of the spring is inserted in an elongated spindle-shaped handle, the spring and needles being contained in a cylinder, with the handle attached. In applying the instrument the open extremity of the cylinder is placed upon the skin; the handle is drawn up, and when this is suddenly loosed the needles are driven into the skin, the punctures being afterward rubbed with diluted croton oil or other irritant. 7. Pneumatic Aspiration is the employment of an instru- ment termed an Aspirator (invented by Dieulafoy) for the removal by suction of pathological fluids. The aspirator consists of:— 1. A glass bottle or reservoir. A, mounted with a two-way stop-cock, B, and having an opening at the bottom for the insertion of the tube, C. 2. An exhausting syringe, D, with elastic connecting-tube, H. 3. A tubular needle, E, to be attached to the reservoir by an india-rubber tube, F. A syringe and stop-cock for injecting astringents or other fluid is supplied if desired. The stop-cock is, in such cases, fixed to the tube F at its junction with the stop-cock B. Thus the tube can be detached from the aspirator without any chance of air entering the morbid cavity. Directions for Use.—Adjust the aspirator as figured in the diagram, with the stop-cock B turned vertically, that is, open to the bottle ; close the stop-cock in the tube C, and form a vacuum