New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-05
NEW TREATNENT FOR NERCOCS DISEASES
sunCUTANEOUs INFECTIONS OF PHOSPHATE OF
SODA.
From The Ncw-York Herald,

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From The Ncw-York Herald.
The outcome Of the affair Uhc Brown->eqnaru
elixir has been that the pdermic method Of giving
medicine has made stride 1OrwniN. ana thal
experiments have shown ~ well thai by this sub
cutaucous method can have more direct action on
different internal organs than when We oblgc remedy
To 10 through the almcntlry canal, In which IL Is
subjected t. change, The nature of whoa l. seherliN
unknown 10 H.. mn,
Here Is nm example Of what can nov do. The
process Is ~ yet almost unknown. ana VIII hhhc
n leading pant In the treatment OF a great many com
plants Of The nervous system Every one KNOWS the
Importance of the various phOspiatcs III The cOlpo
ston Of the nervous system hey FORM 'lt Skeleton
Of the nervous moccuie and II Is about them as y
centre that alVc place the nu,rive interehnngcs tn
constitute nervous life and activity.
In the greater part OF the disorders OF me nervous
system these phosphacs undergo notifications whlrh
have marked action the structure aud properties
Of the nervous centres and when are NJ least one
and the excessive elimination OF phoSphaics by the
Kidneys is OF the comn"nret nsntestaIons u
nervous disorders. ON thc other M'h1 II i, wen hiiown
that phoSphateS are natural. Physiological sumuMh's
Of nervous activity.
The idea that has governed the researches Of which
] am about to speak i TO supply TINS ACTIVITY WIN
il, mot nofcnsivc stlmnlant and TO furnish the
nervous system itself with Its most energetic agent
The plan Is to Inject beneath the skin solution
of phosphate Of soda. which BY not being modified
up in It's original form ana acts directly on the
nervous system the portion Of the organism for which
II has the greatest affinity.
NJ. Crocq. Of brussels. njecis solution Of two
gr,lmmcs OF phosphate OF soda In 100 grammcs
OF aqua auroccraS at the dose Of three cubic cent?
metre, every day every other day. with ordinary
aEtscpuo precautions. These injections produce
neither local nor general reaction swelling nor edness
and the pain TO which they give rise Is insignihcan
VI. Albert Robin solution Of five gIa.lmes
Of phosphate OF soda in 100 grammcs Of steriled dis
TILED water.
Dr. Chcron Is said to use NOR, concentrated solutions
ana In larger doses.
These physicians have fonnd that these Injections
are Il powerful tonic for the nervous system. TO which
they restore its activity when II shows signs Of
aagging: that they can be actually curative In dis
orders depending merely functional arrangements
OF the cerebrO-splnal axis, as In cases where the
nervous system has been overstrnncd by long Ill
ness finally. that In cases In which there are
organic LESSONS OF the centres. palliative
effects have been obtained with their use.
This Is an entirely new method, remarkable for IT'S
simplicity and harmcssness and worthy to he brought
the attention Of the profession 1t Is eill ut Its
beginning Will p~bahly he perfected later on hut
Il In, certainly bright future before II and constitutes
a stride I'm advance In the path so brilliantly opened
M by the researches Of VI. PrownSeduard. ana for
which he must day receive suitable homage In
official circles.