The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
MEDICAL.

MEDICAL.
CaScara Sagrada, in doses of twenty
minims three times a day, is said by
many observers to he very efficient in
the treatment of obstinate chronic
constipation.
Professor Fred. Petersen, of Kiel,
claims that zinc oxide is Just as good
aS iodOform in the treatment of
wounds, that it is not SO poisonous.
and is cheaper.
NJ Jules Guerin read Il note at the
Academic DIES Sciences upon method
of rendering the skin insensible in
those operations which do not admit
of chloroform by inhalation, and cited
a case in which he he had employed
it to advantage. A lady, aged sixty
years, consulted him three months
ago for tumor in the right breast of
IF eight years standing, which, on eX-
animation, proved to be scirrhuS. The
general health was bad, bronchial and
cardiac troubles were manifest, and
the kidneys were not in very salts
factory. However the operation was
urgent. ChlorofoIm having been
considered dangerous, M. Guerin ap-
piled around the tumor a circular
layer of Vienna paste, limited by
double band of dyachylon. AT the
end of twenty minutes the caustic
was removed, leaving in its trace a
black ribbon-like line. The knife was
then applied and the tumor removed
without the patient feeling the slight
est pain, and who did not seem to be
aware of the operation. The results
were all that could be desired.-Med-
ical Press.
The Medical and Surgical Reporter
calls attention to the alleged deca-
dence of French surgery and quotes
VerneuiPs refutation thereof as fol-
lows: eff we appear to have thrown
back operative surgery to the second
rank, this has been in order to adj
vance medical therapeutics into the
first rank. If we have shown but lit
tie eagerness to eXtirpate cancers of
the larynX and uterus, to excise the
gsOphaguS, the pylorus, or the lung,
to tie the aorta, etc, this has been be-
cause our Gallo good sense has enabled
us without difficulty to foresee the in
eyitable destiny of these eXtraYagant
vIYisections, and that it appears to US
OF no utility hoasting to-day of that
which will be rejected tomorrow. If
in our surgical wards we greatly hest
tate to transport the results obtained
in labatory experiments, that is be-
cause we do not assimilate man with
batrachians and rhodents, or even
with the mammalia the most elevated
in the animal scale" For all this, the
Frenchman does not make out his
case. The chief contributions, not
only to operative surgery, but to sur
gical pathology and therapeutics, have
come in late years from other coun-
tries than France.
Vidal recommends bandaging the
wart-Coyered hands III flannel and
green soap. After number of ap-
plications the warts become Softened
and can easily be removed. tSamotz's
corn cure, whatever it is, kills them
by one treatment.
A healthy stomach should be COM
pletely empty seven hours after a
moderate meal. BY the sound we can
determine whether it is really empty
ut this time. Specimens of the gastric
juice can also be obtained, and its
acidity tested.
The aim of liberal homeopathy is
well set forth III Il recent issue of the
Habnemannian Monthly, which says:
"a few years ago the editors of the
New York Medical Times dropped
from the title Of their journal the dis
tinctive word Homeopathic now
they boldly urge the remuneration of
the word as applied to our school OF
medicine. If we are emancipated
from the thraldom of sect, we shall,
not only save our school from immi-
nent dissolution, but shall also become
n intQnr1l mort of tho medical
feSsion of the day, honored as true,
broad. liberal, progressive physicians.
But if we cling to name which by
no means represents the catholicity
ana spirit of the new school, we are
doomed to humiliation; and more, we
become the common enemy Of all allo-
paths and also of all progressive
homGop9ths. The neutral ground
upon which lasting truce is to be
conSumm ated is the common accept
ance Hof the dual action of drugs.
No one denies that ipecac in one dose
will vomit, and in another will allay
vomiting; therefore no one will con-
tend with another if only this plain
truth is adopted as the universal
motto of the medical profession"
Treatment of Painful Throat.-A
correspondent asks what is the best
treatment for cases of 'sore throat"
so called, in which there is much
steady pain, some dysphagia. and
hardly any signs of congestion or
swelling Record.
The Treatment of the Filthy In
sane.-Schuele discusses the measures
best adapted to preventing and rene
dying the filthy practices and habits
among the insane. 1t is very neceS-
sary to break up these habits and
secure cleanliness whenever possible.
Moral treatment, special appliances in
the way of beds, hydrotherapy, tara
dlzation, coercion in some cases, are
the measures recommended. The use
of sedative, medicinal and mechanical
tonics, are generally indicated. Nom
restraint should not be carried too
far.-Allg. Zeitschr. f. Psych. IL. Psych.-
Gerichtl. Medic, xxxvii., 6.
Hypodermic Injection of Cold Wa
ter in Sciatica.-Dr. Pollak has COM
municated to the st. Louis Medical
society case of sciatica, in which he
injected ice-cold water hypodernically
deeply into the tissues, with the effect
of speedily alternating the pain.-Phil-
adalphia Medical Reporter, February
3, 1883.
Inc value Oh COlOr dill VI MUSIC III
the Treatment of the Insane.-Dr. ii,
Sutherland refers to Tonga's sugges
| ton that different colors may be used
advantageously in the treatment of
the insane, and to DR.. Claye Shaw's
view that music might also be util-
lied in the therapeutics of mental
disease. He says: In my own eXper-
fence, the efficacy of such therapeutic
agents has been found to depend upon
the previous education of the patient
and the various causes of his disorder:
change to more cheerful room, as
sociated with pleasant "reminiscences,
often exercising a marked influence
for the better on the course of the
mental disorder.-British Medical
journal. May 8, 1883.
Napelline as a Substitute for Nor
phine.-Napelline an amorphous aka
loid obtained from aconite root, has
been successfully used by Laborde to
relieve neuralgia pains and as sub
stitute for morphine in a case of the
morphine habit. 1t was given hyper
dermically in doses of one to four GEN.
tigrammes in the twenty-four hours.
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