Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-08-05
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we sup the toIIeWiHE Hb'H ne Delthl
for the information Of the medical profess
sion and the public.
NBw ORLEANS, JULY "a, ls4B.
Eds. Deha.-AlIow me 10 address a few
lines 10 the medical profession through the
medium Of your valuable paper, knowing
that the proper medium fhe New Orleans
Medical and Surgical Journal to address
them would not be open to me until The lat.
Ter end ofneHt month.
The number Of persons who have lately
fallen victims to that most shocking disease
called ~hydrophobia, prompt me TO point out
to the profe sion, aud the public at large.
! method which for The last thirty years
has been found The most efiracipus pre-
y%enlivs against hydroph0bia by every
German physician, provided medical aid
was applied for soon after the person was
bitten. The absolute necessity oi inme~
date medical assistance in cases where
a person has been bitten by n rabid beast,
Is the reason why ! hays also addressed
the public on this subiset.'
The treatment that | ain about 10 dss~
oribe Is both external and Internal. The
external consists in cleaning the wound or
Wounds as soon as possible after the bites
with n sponge soaked in warm water the
cavities Of the wounds which are formed
by the teeth are to be- filed with Spanish
fly powder, over which a Spanish fly plas~
ter Is 10 be put, extending fully bali an
inch In circumference beyond the lips of
the wound. The skin (epidernis) Is 10
be removed as soon ns The blister has tis-
Ell also The powder from The e~avities
which Hte to.be cleaned again hs above
described. The wounds with the b~listefpt
surface around them are now to be- dress
ed with either Spanish fly salve or The
cavities (tfof considerable depth,) filled VI
again as before described. This treat-
fnent (being repeated daily ts TO be con-
tinued for sik weeks.
The following Is The Internal treatment
From a half TO one grain Of ca'omel IL Il
be given every four hours, both day ant
night, which Is 10 be assisted by frictiopl
offrom one sefuple 10 half d dram Of stfonG
mefeufial ointment twice n day==6rs
around The wound and then at the e1irent
ties-whieh (being applied for absorption
! call internal treatment ; this treatmen
10 be- continued until one pound If saliva Il
discharged within twenty four hours
The doses Of mercury are then diminish.
ed TO that quantity which IL sufficient II
keep up a slight salvation for SIX weeks
After that, both the external and iDterna
treatment are to be abandoned and an L..
sue sta5lighed on The neighborhood oltht
wounds.
Having mo- other intention but TO alleyi-
ate the suffering Of my fellow creatures.
wish that the faculty would give The above
treatment u fair TRIAL, leaving II to theit
discretion to alter The same according Il
the difference Of climate and the age o
the patient, rs the treatment above des-
cribed applies to Il Northern climate and d
mature age.
THIS treatment was originally given by
n DR. Kruttge, late head physician Of The
"Heiligen Geists Hospital' of Btcslau. q
charitable establishment, able to aceoni-
modate from 800 to 1000 patients, Ia
which (being The hospital for clinical in
struction) ! have myself often seen this
same treatment praetieed by its author
without ever having failed 10 realize the
desired expectation. The author lin biz
treatise on the sam s~uhject) asserts thai
out Of 1874 patients treated rs above stated
be has lost only two In conclusion !
would only mention that | will take occa-
sion, al a future time, to speak theoretical
ly on this same treatment, through the me-
dunn Of the proper organ Of the medical
profession for this city.
! remain, gentlemen, your most ODE
dient servant. A. b.