The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English; or, medicine simplified / by R.V. Pierce.

  • Pierce, R. V. (Ray Vaughn), 1840-1914.
Date:
1891
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    months, or even years, according to the circumstances of the patient. Treatment. Formerly, the treatment of this affection was very unsatisfactory, simply because the eye was considered the only diseased part of the system, and, consequently, it was tortured, while the true nature of the disease was imperfectly understood, and wholly overlooked in the treatment. Correct treatment consists in improving the general health by every possible means. Any faulty condition of the system which may be present, such as syphilis, debility, rheumatism, anasmia, or scrofula, must receive special attention and proper treatment. Strict attention to ventilation, exercise, bathing, and diet, is also of great importance. Keep the absorbents, as well as the secretions, active, by giving the Golden Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets, and, if the patient be robust, these reme- dies should be given in doses sufficient to produce a free action of the bowels. If, on the other hand, the patient is weak, feeble, or debilitated, give the same remedies, but in less quantities, and alternate with tonics. If constitutional taints, such as scrofula or syphilis exist, use such treatment as we have advised for those diseases. Keep the eyes well cleansed by bathing them with Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and use the astringent lotion of golden seal and witch-hazel, as advised under the head of scrofulous con- junctivitis. If half a drachm of borax be added to four ounces of this lotion, it will be rendered more efficacious. Two grains of sulphate of zinc and one grain of morphine to an ounce of rose-water, make a good lotion for the eye in this chronic affec- tion. A solution of one grain of nitrate of silver and one grain of morphine, in one ounce of water, is also a proper application. Let it be remembered that whenever there is any ulceration, sugar of lead, as a local application, should never be used, for it will very likely produce opacity, by adhering to the parts and becoming oxidized. The lotions already advised are almost the only ones that are safe in unprofessional hands, but, under the direction of the qualified physician, others may be employed to good advantage, to meet such conditions as are present in indi- vidual cases. Discrimination is essential to success in the treat- ment of this chronic malady, and can only be acquired by long