The treatment of venereal disease and scabies in the army : report.

  • Great Britain. Army Medical Department. Advisory Board for Army Medical Services.
Date:
1904
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Credit: The treatment of venereal disease and scabies in the army : report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    VI.—SCABIES. In a recent article on tlie subject of Scabies it is stated that the female lives about two months after burrowing, while the eggs hatch out in fourteen to fifteen days. Schiscka describes the burrow as having a wide mouth and occupying chiefly the middle layers of the Stratum Corneum. Treatment. The following is given as the routine treatment at the St. Louis Hospital.® The patient is thoroughly rubbed all over with soft soap for half an hour. He is then put into a hot bath for half an hour and given a good scrubbing. After drying, sulphur ointment is rubbed in for half an hour. In the mean- time his clothes have been thoroughly baked. He now dresses, leaving the ointment on his skin. One application may produce a cure, if not the process is repeated. Where there is much inflammation of the skin, the following ointment is recommended:— Sulphur sublimat. T— •• Olei cadini J-a a 5 ij. Cret. preparat., 5 h- ss. Saponis viridisT - - - • Adipis If this application produces too severe a dermatitis, the following ointment may be used :— p, Styracis liquidied^- - ^ . Sulph. sublimat. j ^ ^ ^ Adipis purificat., 3 i- An even milder ointment is the following, which is white and has little odour;— Naphtliol, 3 ss. Cret. preparat., 5 iij. Saponis virid., 5 i. ss. Adipis purific., 5 iij. One per cent, of any essential oil, e.y., lavender, may be added to any of these prescriptions. An ointment recommended when itching is troublesome is as follows :— 9. Ichthyol - -\a a X s° Potass, carbonat. J ^ Sulp sublimat. ^ Ting, picis. - -J Ung. aq. rosae - 5 vj. Marion recommends alcoholic solutions of various balsams, Peru, gurjum, styrax, tolu, benzoin, especially if severe ulceration is present. Risso reported good results from the use of sphagnol (huile de corba). Juliusberg recommended peruol ; this is an extract prepared from balsam of Peru. He used a 25 per cent, solution in olive oil. Rosenberg got good results with I per cent, naphthol-creta alba in velopurin (a compound of soap and olive oil). Disinfection of Clothing. In every case the patient’s clothes and bedding must be carefully disinfected as laid down in Regulations for Army Medical Services, paragraphs 576, 578.