Ourselves, our food, and our physic / by Benjamin Ridge.

  • Ridge, Benjamin.
Date:
1861
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Credit: Ourselves, our food, and our physic / by Benjamin Ridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    As tlicro is generally pain in both forms of dian-hcBa and cholera, it is al)solutely necessary to allay it. In the inflammatory actions, when the acids are taken, one opium pill may be given every two hours until a decided benefit is produced. These acid medicines with the opium pills are of the utmost value in the ai-terial fevers, when the tongue is inemsted udth a dry black ftir and the teeth covered with black sordcs. They supply the system ■with vital gases in which it is deficient, and check the action of cai'bon which is destroying the principles of life itself. In all sero-membra- nous diseases they are also of the greatest value, and much more to bo depended upon than tlie mercurials; for they remove or cure disease, while the latter only does this by transferring disease to other parts. In all inflammatory actions of the mucoiis membranes, the acids and anodynes, either for lotions, gargles, or medicines, are clearly pointed out as the moat proper remedies. 27. Take- Dilute sulphuric nciil 1 drachm. Syrup of re<l poppies ^ii 2 drachms. Water _^vss 5J ounces. Mix. To be used as a gargle frequently, in coniroou sore or ulcerated throats. 28. Take— Nitric acid 3ss J dmchm. SjTup of red po|>pies ^ii 2 drachms. Distilled water 5'' 6 ounces. Mix. To be used as a gargle. N.B.—All acid gargles can be most judiciously applied by a large camel-hair brush, especially where there are ulcers about the tonsils; it mops them clean, and prevents the acid touching the teeth. 29. Take— Nitric aciil 20 drops. Distilled water ^vi 6 ounces. Mix. For a lotion for inflamed eyes. Bathe them twice a day with this lotion, by means of a linen rag. A little smarting does good.