Cyclopaedia Of The Diseases Of Children V 2 1889 PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ...and water, molasses and sulphur, or warm salt water may be administered to give quick relief. AVith vigorous effort induced by these medicines, large masses of false membrane may be loosened and expelled. Occasionally the membrane does not return, and the patient is relieved of the croup which it occasioned. A trained nurse should have charge of these cases, to watch for symptoms under the directions of the physician and to carry out skilfully the details of treatment. Nourishing food is strongly indicated in this exhausting disease, and there is no food better suited to the needs than milk in as large quantities as can be assimilated. As a cardiac stimulant, alcohol, in the form of whiskey or brandy well diluted, has met with most favor, and is recommended to be given early and in increasing doses according to the progress of the disease, the condition of the heart, and the age of the patient. The above is the treatment in vogue at the present time in New York. The disease seems to run a slightly different course in different localities, and remedies applicable to cases in one section have proved of no avail in others. Benzoate of sodium has been strongly recommended, in doses of eight grains hourly, night and day, to a patient of five years, together with local applications of the same in atomized solution. Inhalations of oxygen have proved of great value in the late stage of laryngeal stenosis. To assist by favorable surroundings is desirable, such as filling the air with steajn laden with odors of balsam or turpentine or thymol or eucalyptus. Adult patients who are able to express their feelings have approved of steam as a remedy of greatest comfort. It is here recommended to use it in even-case, with or without turpentine, and in the...