Rules and directions for the employment of injections in various diseasesLewis, Thomas
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Rules and directions for the employment of injections in various diseases
Lewis, Thomas
Enema; Irrigation (Medicine)
Take of electuary of catechu half an ounce, to which add ten ounces of
lime water. This has been administered with most beneficial results in
diarrhœa.
Chloride of Soda Injection.
Take of chloride of soda one ounce, to which add from a half pint to
a pint of water, and mix well. This is used in vaginal injections
in cases of infections produced by the decomposition of a retained
after-birth; also to destroy the offensive odor of stools, and to
relieve pains in wounds of an unhealthy character.
Irritant Injection.
Take of hot Port wine one pint, and of alcohol five drachms. In cases
of colic, where an active and speedy relief of the bowels is desired,
this remedy has been highly beneficial.
Anti-Neuralgic Injection.
Take of Venice turpentine one half an ounce, and add the yolk of an
egg, three fourths of a grain of extract of opium, and half a pint of
water. Make the turpentine and egg into an emulsion, and by degrees
add the water, in which the extract must previously be dissolved. An
injection of simple water is to be first taken and retained, and then
the above administered, which the patient must endeavor to retain. To
be taken at first at bedtime, and after a few days twice a day, in
cases of obstinate rheumatic affections.
Anti-Spasmodic Injections.
FORM I.
Take of castor (not the oil) one drachm, and beat it well with the yolk
of an egg; then add a half pint of water. This is frequently given
with the best results to women suffering from spasms of the womb,
accompanied with hysterics.
FORM II.
Take of assafœtida two drachms, to which add from one half to
three-quarters of a pint of thin water gruel, and mix well together.
This is considered very useful in hysteria, colic, convulsions of
children, &c., and for relief of severe pain in the bowels.
Injections for Worms.[2]
FORM I.
Take of powdered aloes from ten to fifteen grains, and of starch
mucilage one gill. Steep well together, and strain. The same quantity
of warm sweet oil or even lamp oil is very useful in these cases,
and is known to be a powerful exterminator of pin worms. It may be
injected twice a day, if deemed necessary. _For this purpose alone_,
the _Improved Injecting Apparatus_ becomes, in the hands of parents, a
valuable means of removing one of the most frightful sources of disease
in children.
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