On the use of medicated pessaries in the treatment of uterine disease / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

  • Tanner, Thomas Hawkes, 1824-1871.
Date:
1863
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    in these cases must be attributed to the absorption of the materials composing them. By their employment^ more- over^ the necessity for frequent examination of the morbid structures is greatly diminished. The following formulae are given as examples of the way in which I generally prescribe these remedies. It is only necessary to premise that rather large doses of the different drugs are necessary, inasmuch as absorption through the walls of the vagina is slow and uncertain : 1. Iodide of Lead and Belladonna Pessaries.—R. Plumbi lodidi, 3ij ; Extracti Belladonnse, 3j ; Butyri Cacao, 5iv; Olei Olivse, 5j. Misce. Divide into four pessaries, and order one to be introduced into the vagina every night or every other night. 3. Mercurial Pessaries.—R. Unguenti Hydrargyri, 9iv— i^ij; Butyri Cacao, 5iv; Olei Olivse, 3j. Misce. Where there is tenderness of the cervix uteri_, one scruple of extract of belladonna or two scruples of extract of conium should be added to the mass. Divide into four pessaries. 3. Lead and Opium Pessaries.—Plumbi Acetatis, 9j ; Extracti Opii, gr. xij; Butyri Cacao, 5iv; Olei Olivse, 5j. Misce. Divide into four pessaries. Order one to be used every other night. 4. Zinc and Belladonna Pessaries.—Zinci Oxydi, 5j; Extracti Belladonnse, gr. xij—9j ; Butyri Cacao, 5iv; Olei Olivse, 5j. Misce. Divide into four pessaries. One to be used every night. 5. Iodide of Potassium and Conium Pessaries.—R. Potassii lodidi, 5j; Extracti Conii, 3iv; Butyri Cacao, 3iv; Gly- cerinii puri, 5j. Misce. Divide into four pessaries, and direct one to be iised every night. 6. Tannin and Catechu Pessaries.—TJ. Tanninse, 9ij ; Pulveris Catechu, '^j ; Butyri Cacao, 5iv; Olei Olivae, 5j. Misce. Divide into four pessaries, and order one to be used every other night. In some diseases of the uterine cavity, attended with copious muco-purulent discharges or with hsemorrhage, the greatest benefit may be obtained from the local use of