A handbook of local therapeutics / edited by Harrison Allen.

Date:
1893
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    Leucorrhcea of the Uterine Cervix. The sulphate of zinc was extolled by Sir James Y. Simpson as a caustic in Cancer of the Uterus, but it appears to possess no advantages over the chloride of zinc. Diseases of the Skin.—T. Fox recommends the following combina- tion in Erythema Intertrigo and in Eczema: R. Zinci sulphat., grs. xj pulv. aluminis, 9j; glycerini, f ] aq. rosse, fgviiss. M. A solution of thirty grains of sulphate of zinc to the ounce of water, as suggested by Hardaway, of St. Louis, forms one of the very best lotions for application in Dermatitis Venenata. A more dilute lotion is often of value in Acute Eczema. Diseases of the Ear, Nose, Throat, etc.—Diffuse inflammation of the external ear is treated by Keene with sulphate of zinc, in the pro- portion of one-fourth of a grain to the ounce of water. Should ulcer- ation be present, stronger solutions, namely, in strengths from one to four grains to the ounce of water, can be used. (Roosa.) Furuncles in the auditory meatus demand a strength from thirty to sixty grains to the ounce. Sulphate of zinc is also well adapted for Acute or Recent Cases of Chronic Suppuration of the middle ear. A simple uncom- plicated Otorrhcea requires but a strength of two grains to the ounce, but a strength of five grains to the ounce is often well borne. W. E. Dalby warmly commends a similar solution for the treatment of the middle ear in Chronic Aural Catarrh, in which there is a perforation of the tympanic membrane. If pain ensues, the lotion may be combined with twentyminims of liquid extract of opium to the ounce of water, or, m its place, of a weak solution of carbolic acid. A solution of two gr?.ins to the ounce may be thrown up the Eustachian tube in the treatment of Tubal Catarrh. Three grains to the ounce may be used in Acute Coryza as a spray; as high as ten grammes can be employed for Fetid Coryza. It is available for the arrest of Epistaxis in strengths of from fifty to sixty per cent. It must be used with care as a pigment, with good illumination of the parts, small surfaces only being covered. As in the case of chlo- ride of zinc, weak solutions are best borne in the sinuses. Thus one grain to the ounce of water suffices for treating Empyema of the Maxil- lary Sinus. In small quantities, equal parts of sulphate of zinc and sugar of milk, together with a small portion of powdered acacia, forms a convenient powder for insufflation in Chronic Pharyngitis. It is but little used. Notwithstanding its unpleasant taste, a gargle is sometmies directed to be used, in the strength of one to five grains to the ounce of water. In Gangrenous Ulceration of the mouth m children, sul- phate of zinc has been beneficially used combined with honey, m the strength of twenty grains to the ounce. In the larynx, solutions of the salt are not employed m uniform strengths. Weak solutions, /. e., those from one to five grains to the