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MEDICAL INTRO
BOOKS ON OLD MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND REMEDIES

THE PRACTICAL
HOME PHYSICIAN AND ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MEDICINE
The biggy of the late 1800's. Clearly shows the massive inroads in medical science and the treatment of disease.

ALCOHOL AND THE HUMAN BODY In fact alcohol was known to be a poison, and considered quite dangerous. Something modern medicine now agrees with. This was known circa 1907. A very impressive scientific book on the subject.

DISEASES OF THE SKIN is a massive book on skin diseases from 1914. Don't be feint hearted though, it's loaded with photos that I found disturbing.

Part of  SAVORY'S COMPENDIUM OF DOMESTIC MEDICINE:

 19th CENTURY HEALTH MEDICINES AND DRUGS

 

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Liver Spots.

Under the term of Liver Spots, there are included several distinct affections. The first of these is known in medicine as tinea versicolor. This consists of patches slightly elevated above the skin, and exhibiting an exquisite reddish brown, or fawn color. These patches vary much in size, and have no regular outline ; they occur with especial frequency at the upper part of the chest and at the root of the neck, whence they may spread in various directions. These patches are raised somewhat above the surface of the skin, and are usually quite itchy; they cause no pain, and do not affect the general health. When scraped with the finger nail, the fawn-colored material comes off from the skin in the shape of minute white scales, leaving the skin underneath a little red, but otherwise healthy.

These patches consist of a network of very fine vegetable fibres ; they are in fact merely patches of mold, quite similar to the scum which appears upon jelly.

Treatment. -The disease is readily cured by the application of any remedy which destroys this vegetable parasite. It is, of course, desirable to make use of some agent which will not irritate the skin. For this purpose there may be used the following pre­ scription :

Hyposulphite of soda, - Six drachms.
Glycerine, ----- Two ounces.
Water, - Four ounces.
Mix, and rub thoroughly over the patches, by means of a flannel or a stiff brush. This treatment should be continued for a week or ten days after the skin is apparently again in its natural condition ; since, otherwise, there may remain some seeds of the plant, which will soon start again into vigorous growth.

This parasite grows with especial frequency when the skin is kept moist and warm ; and its development is favored by wearing flannels next to the skin, by residence in moist, damp dwellings, and by the use of imperfectly dried towels and bed linen.

Another form of liver spots is the variety popularly known as " moth spots. " These consist of yellowish or brownish spots, which occur especially around the angles of the eye and upon the forehead; they are especially frequent in this latter situation during pregnancy, and in the years immediately subsequent to it. They seem to occur also with especial frequency in females who are afflicted with diseases of the womb.

These spots are due to the deposit of an unusual amount of coloring matter in the lower layers of the skin. They have no significance as an evidence of disease, and occasion the patient no distress, beyond the annoyance to his vanity. They can sometimes be removed by the use of the following lotion :

Corrosive sublimate, - One grain.
Water, ------ One ounce.
This may be rubbed thoroughly upon the spots, by means of a piece of flannel or other coarse cloth. Sometimes a saturated solution of the hyposulphite of soda can be made to answer the pur­ pose. The corrosive sublimate solution must be used with caution, since this substance is a deadly poison; and when the spots are located in the vicinity of the eyes especial care must be taken that none of the mixture gets into the eye.

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