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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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Prurigo.

Prurigo is, in America, a rare disease, though in certain parts of Europe it is most frequent and troublesome. It consists of small elevations or pimples, from the size of a pin's head upward, and of a pale red color. These pimples are very hard, and occasion an intolerable itching. They occur chiefly on the lower limbs, espe­ cially below the knees ; in obstinate cases they are also found on the arms and on the trunk.

At first the disease consists simply in this rash, but as time elapses the constant scratching results in an inflammatory thicken­ ing of the skin which becomes hard and feels like a board. Another result of the constant scratching is a discoloration of the skin, which assumes a brown color. The rash, in the early stages, can be felt before it is seen ; it is only after it has endured a considerable time that the pimples become sufficiently large to be seen.

In the course of time the glands in the groin and in the arm­ pits, if the arms also be affected, become enlarged and hardened. A frequent result of the scratching is eczema of the leg, the result of which is to increase still further the thickening of the skin and the enlargement of the glands.

As to the cause of this disease, there is no definite information ; it has been supposed to result from improper nourishment, and from various affections of the nervous system; it is also observed that the children of consumptive parents are more fre­ quently affected than in those of others. Scrofulous children who suffer from eczema (as they so often do) are very apt to have prurigo of the skin in consequence.

The disease is, in most cases, congenital; that is to say, the child manifests the beginning of it in the first year or two of life. If treated early, it is often possible to cure the disease per­ manently; but if allowed to go untreated until the child becomes 10 or 12 years old, the disease often resists all remedies.

Among children, prurigo occurs in all classes of society, the well-to-do as well as the poor. Among adults, on the other hand, it is confined almost exclusively to the poorer classes; this fact alone indicates that the persistence of the disease is favored by neglect of sanitary conditions - a fact which is also illustrated by other features of the disease.

Treatment.-The treatment of the disease must always begin with strict attention to the sanitary surroundings of the patient. It will be necessary to give him the best nourishment and care. Some cases have been much improved by residence at the seaside.

As for the remedies to be used, reliance is chiefly placed upon arsenic. This maybe given in the following prescription:

Fowler's solution, - - One and a half drachms.
Wine of iron, - Two ounces.
Simple syrup, - - One ounce.
Water, - - - - One ounce.
Mix, and take a teaspoonful after meals.

In the local treatment of the rash it becomes necessary to employ some means to relieve the intense itching. For this pur­ pose alkaline baths are useful. These may be made by adding eight ounces of the bicarbonate of soda to eighteen or twenty gal­ lons of water. Sometimes much relief can be obtained by oiling the skin. For this purpose we may use either pure sweet oil or cod liver oil, or the following:

Perchloride of mercury, One grain.
Dilute hydrocyanic acid, - One drachm.
Emulsion of almonds, - - _ Five ounces.

A simpler and often very efficient application to the skin is the following:

Chloroform, ----- Two drachms.
Glycerine, - One ounce.
In adults the affection is usually incurable ; the most that can be done is to relieve the itching and irritation of the skin. Yet the disease involves no danger to life, and need occasion no anxiety on that account.

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