Elements of pharmacy, materia medica, and therapeutics / by William Whitla.

  • Whitla, William, 1851-1933.
Date:
1892
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    results have been obtained. Pure sterilised olive, almond, cod- liver, or other oil, may be injected several times daily, and there is abundance of evidence of their being absorbed and adding to the general body-weight. It is, however, as a means of intro- ducing active substances that this new method of medication has attracted such interest. Creasote is the drug which has been tried most extensively. Gimbert and Burlureaux have reported success from the injection of olive oil, containing lo per cent, of the purest beech-wood creasote, in phthisis^ lupus^ and scrofula^ Picot, of Bordeaux, reports excellent results in phthisis and tubercular pleurisy from injections of a solution of guaiacol and iodoform in sterilised olive oil or liquid vaseline. He claims for this plan that after 12 injections the cough diminishes, the appetite improves, and the signs of the disease disappear ; and he even states that cavities dry up, the injections are not painful or irritating, do not cause fever or indigestion, and are harmless. He selects the supraspinous fossae and injects one cubic centi- metre (15 minims) of a solution containing '154 grs. iodoform and •77 grs. guaiacol. This is gradually increased till \ gr. iodoform and 2\ grs. guaiacol are injected each time. The solution can be made by dissolving 15 grs. iodoform and 75 grs. guaiacol in 14 drs. olive oil and 14 drs, liquid vaseline. Pignol has obtained similar results by using a solution con- taining in each 15 minims 2 grs. eucalyptol, f gr. guaiacol, and \ gr. iodoform. Morel-Lavallee uses a solution containing a little less eucalyptol, the same amount of guaiacol, and 4 times as much iodoform. The injections of 3 cubic centimetres (46 minims) may be given twice a day. Perron uses trotter oil for the solution of creasote, which he injects into the region of the buttock. Bourget gives guaiacol in almond oil by the rectum. Huchard injects hypodermically camphorated olive oil 4 per cent, in phthisis. Opium Smoking—Thudichum has advocated this method of using opium as a remedy in various diseases, especially to calm cough^ relieve cephalalgia^ migraine^ and neuralgia^ in which latter affection it is claimed to be curative. The aqueous extract of opium is recommended in minute quantities (2-5 grs.), placed in the bowl of a diminutive pipe. It is claimed for the method that it produces no digestive troubles, and is not likely to be followed by the establishment of the opium habit. With the strong feeling in this country against the horrors of opium smoking, it is highly improbable that it will ever be even seriously tried. Orexine is the Hydrochloride of Phenyldihydrochinazolin. It has been extolled by Penzoldt and others as a marvellous