Pain and its indications : an analytical outline of diagnosis and treatment / by Edward C. Hill.

  • Hill, Edward C. (Edward Curtis), 1863-
Date:
1904
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Credit: Pain and its indications : an analytical outline of diagnosis and treatment / by Edward C. Hill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    Treatment.—Ergot for miliary form—Bar- tholow. Potassium iodid, nitroglycerin and morphin for ordinary form. Disseminated Sclerosis.—Dull headache from early emotional stage; intention tremor, nystag- mus, slow scanning speech. Treatment.—Coal tar analgesics; warm baths. Hereditary Cerebellar Ataxia.—Reeling gait as if inebriated; intentional choreiform movements; speech hesitating, abrupt, defective. Diffuse Encephalitis and Chronic Insanity.— Headache often localized. Treatment.—Cold wet pack, using enough blankets to get good reaction and wetting head also. Acute Delirium.— (Bell's Mania.) : Rapid, violent outbreaks and wild hallucinations with fever. Treatment.—Calomel in early stage; cold baths and ice bag to head; hyoscin; stimulate freely later; forced feeding with milk, eggs and broths. —Anders. Epilepsy.—Vertical or occipital; severe, sudden, before and after fits (may take place of fit); noc- turnal tongue-biting, vertigo, lassitude, mental confusion. Treatment.—Pre-convulsive: Diffusible stimu- lants, especially nitrites and large doses of bro-