This section is from the "A Practical Treatise On Materia Medica And Therapeutics" book, by Roberts Bartholow. Also available from Amazon: A Practical Treatise On Materia Medica And Therapeutics
Jaundice : Aliment, 55, 59, 63, especially the skim-milk cure, avoidance of fats, etc. Alkalies, 217, and the Alkaline Mineral Waters, 229, Sodium Phosphate, 140, the most useful remedy in catarrh of bile-ducts, and in incipient sclerosis. Ammonium Chloride, 237, and the Iodide, 257, and Iodoform, 271, are beneficial under the same circumstances. Manganese, 156, Permanganate of Potassa, 157, and Arsenic, 172, have unquestionable cholagogue effects, and stimulate the discharge of bile ; are adapted to the catarrhal form, and to the jaundice of gouty subjects. The resin-bearing cathartics. Rhubarb, Aloes, Podophyllum, Iris, and Euonymin, 752-765, promote the excretion of bile. Nitro-Muriatic Acid, 115, internally and by bath, has long had good repute in malarial jaundice. Benzoic Acid, 422, and Benzoates, 423, remove bile from system. Salol, Pyridine, and Naphtalin are useful in all cases of catarrhal jaundice. Mercurials, 287, are of doubtful utility, but good results seem to be obtained from small doses of calomel.
Joints, Diseases of : Carbolic Acid, 382, in solution injected in synovitis, with reported good results. Galvanism, 470, highly useful in chronic affections. Massage, 102, produces remarkable results in stiffness and deformity of joints from inflammation and lack of use. Ole-ate of Mercury and Morphine, 294, is of great service in inflammatory affections of joints. Silver Nitrate in Nitrous Ether, 303, an efficient application to check inflammation. Blisters, 807, a succession of them about the joints, in cases of synovitis.
Keratitis : Atropine, 531, to check inflammation by causing contraction of the vessels. Eserine, 691, lowers intra-ocular tension and relieves pain. Pilocarpine, 683, is of great service in removing exudation and stopping inflammation. Calomel, 294, and Yellow Oxide, 295, in powder locally, very effective. Zinc Sulphate, 320, in solution, is an ordinary lotion in these cases, and is often prescribed with atropine. Lead lotions must be used with caution. Cocaine, 562, to relieve pain and check inflammation, alone or in combination with atropine.
 
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