The domestic medical and surgical guide, for the nursery, the cottage, and the bush : giving the best advice, in the absence of a physician or surgeon in cases of accident or sudden illness useful to families, emigrants, travellers, missionaries, village clergymen, and sea captains the government medical chest explained ... / written at the request of Mrs. Caroline Chisholm, by Jabez Hogg ... ; to which is appended advice on the preservation of health at sea.

  • Hogg, Jabez, 1817-1899
Date:
1853
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Credit: The domestic medical and surgical guide, for the nursery, the cottage, and the bush : giving the best advice, in the absence of a physician or surgeon in cases of accident or sudden illness useful to families, emigrants, travellers, missionaries, village clergymen, and sea captains the government medical chest explained ... / written at the request of Mrs. Caroline Chisholm, by Jabez Hogg ... ; to which is appended advice on the preservation of health at sea. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    drachm to eight ounces of water forms a lotion efficacious in corroding or running ulcers of the face, &c. It is occasionally given as an emetic. The dose is from two to fifteen grains. No. 23. Emplas. Lyttce.—Blistering Plaster.—Blisters should be spread with the thumb, upon adhesive plaster, and should not remain in contact with the skin for a longer period than twelve hours, the vesicle is then to be cut, without breaking away the skin, and dressed with spermaceti ointment. When the irritation is very great, a poultice may be substituted for the ointment. No. 24. Emplas. Plumbi.—Diachylon Plaster.—This plaster, on account of its adhesiveness and non-irritating properties, is used to keep the edges of wounds together, and forms, when spread on calico, a good strapping, for giving support and causing pressure in ulcers of the leg, arising from varicose or swollen veins, &c. No. 25. Emplas. Resinas.—Resin Plaster.—This is used for much the same purposes as the above, but is somewhat more irritating. When spread upon leather, it forms the well known Burgundy pitch plaster, and from its counter-irritating properties proves useful in chest affections; and when applied to parts affected with rheumatism, relief is afforded thereby. No. 26. Ext. Aloes, Purif.—Extract of Aloes.—This is a purgative of a good and active character; combined with two or three grains of gam- boge, and the same quantity of powdered ginger, it forms an active purge in a sluggish state of the bowels. Dose for an adult from five to fifteen grains. No. 27. Ext. Colocynth, Comp.—Compound Extract of Colocynth.—Is a powerful, sure, but safe purgative. The strong drastic properties of this extract are obviated by the addition of a little extract of henbane, and in this form it proves a very useful pill in obstinate constipation of the bowels, accompanied by a sluggish state of the liver. Five grains of the extract of colocynth compound, and three grains of extract of henbane, made into two pills, may be taken at bed-time, occasionally. In apoplexy, paralysis, insanity, and violent headaches, the use of the extract of colocynth is followed by the happiest results, and in some cases of obstructed female discharges benefit is obtained by its use. No. 28. Ext. Conii.—Extract of Hemlock.—Hemlock is frequently administered as an anodyne, to relieve pain in tender glandular enlarge- ments, cancer, rheumatism, and in affections of the nerves; it is useful in allaying troublesome coughs, but should never be given in fevers, inflammations, apoplexy, or paralysis. The dose of the extract should, at the commencement, be two or three grains, and gradually increased until some good effect is produced. No. 29. Ext. Hyoscyami.—Extract of Henbane.—It is used to alleviate pain and irritation in various parts of the body, to procure quietude, and to obviate spasm. For any of these objects it is inferior to opium; yet it is on various occasions to be preferred to the latter, as, when opium occa- sions headache and constipation, henbane seldom or ever does. Its use as a sedative in allaying irritation of the kidneys and bladder proves highly serviceable, and in the irritation of teething very small doses may be given to relieve pain and convulsions. The dose for an adult is from three to ten grains. In cases of poisoning by henbane, the same treatment may be adopted as in opium.