New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-06
HOW TO CURE "OPEN Sores
inD RATIONAL METHOD APPLIED TO
ACUTE AND CHRONIC ULCERS
i"o-foLD TREATMENT. INTERNAL AND ExrER-
NAl~usE OF HOT WATER AND HARMLESS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. METHOD
or DIR. ]. O. DECOVRCEY


Nothing can entirely replace the simple treatment
'hae mas existed from the earliest times. Of the
washing or sores and wounds free Of all foreign
matter and the binding OF them as a protection
against further contamination Modern science. by
i's discovery OF the of persistent sores. or
chronic ulcers" to be the presence of bacteria
mas justified the old-time method and only devel-
opeo IL by rendering more efficient the water treat
ment and adding thereto the use OF powerful
cleansing and curative agents having no Injurious
action upon healthy tissues.
The modern germicide and pus destroyer par
excellence as employed by the advanced phys-
clans OF to-day, is the powerful yet harmless bac-
tericide known hydroZone which is a thirty
volumes aqueous solution of peroxide of hydrogen.
The oil of the ancient physician Is replaced by
glycozone. which is compound made OF chemi-
cally pure glycerine with ozone
The method Of application to acute and chronic
ulcers. after they have been thoroughly washed
with hot water. is follows
First-With a glass dropper apply h'drozone.
Allow the white foam which is generated by con-
tact with diseased surface to stand TIL IL disap-
pears. which occurs in few minutes
Second-With dropper or soft camels-hair brush
apply glycozonc. and complete dressing with double
thickness of surgical! lint soaked in glycozonc.
Cover with oiled silk to prevent drying
Further details of this method are set forth by
DR.. James Osbourn DeCourcey. of ST. Libory H.. a
physician who has made special study of tho
treatment of acute and chronic ulcers in a recent
article condensation of which is here given:
81 have found no class Of diseases yielding to
treatment with greater reluctance than old sores,
or chronic ulcers. Recently. however. l have
adopted plan of treatment which is quite differ
ent from that laid down in the books. and my re-
suits have been much better.
almost without exception. internal. constitu-
tional as well as local treatment. is Necessary.
The Internal treatment should be directed to the
seat Of the malady thus eliminating the poisons
and disease germs from tie system. To accom-;
plish this object. absolute cleanliness internal and
cxternaD plenty of pure air and sunshine. the re-
ligious Observance of the laws of hygiene. and a
wholesome nutritious diet more useful and
restorative in their effects than drugs.
The local treatment is thus rendered compare
must be kept clean by washing with hot water.
tain syringe be filed with water cas- hot can
6e borne without burning elevated high enough to
ing should be repeated often necessary to
keep the part affected clean and free from offensive
TO destroy pus and bacteria and to aid nature
found hydrozone ana glycozone superior to any ana
"Hydrozone il first applied (af;er the hot water)
rubber ,yrinse. slowly all over the ULCER until the
Continues until the enemy is cutie dead. but no
longer. one layer OF absorbent cotton is saturated
with glycozone and placed smoothly over the parts
and held in place by cotton bandage. sufficiently
tight to hold the cotton in place The result Oh Oh
above treatment. The patient was a wei-built
young farmer, who had taken sixteen bottles OF
blood purifier and lot Of anti-constipaton pills
within eight months for falling sickness Both
legs were frightfuliy liberated. from knees to
ankles. with considerable discharge or pus from
various parts.
THE legs were cleansed by soaking them for
twenty minutes in hot water twice a day, after
which hydrozone was used freely all over the sores
TO destroy the pus the pustules having been opened
and as much pus evacuated possible. This local
treatment kept up for TWO weeks. Tho I'M
provement slow. but constant Gycozone was
used as a rcconstructive agent from the end Of the
second week. From that time the young man
worked every dav.
'The internal treatment changed from tina
10 time, the required Opiates were oc-
casonally given during the first two weeks 10 re-
lieve the pain. which very great After the
third week the internal Treatment. was discon-
tinued. as the patient in good condition,
happy and cheerful.
'Hydrozone and glycozone were left to complete
the structure and place upon II the Capstone of a
beautiful new integument. "-Qouisve Medical
Monthly.