The elements of a new materia medica and therapeutics : Based upon an entirely new collection of drug-provings and clinical experience / By E.E. Marcy, J.C. Peters & Otto Füllgraff.

  • Marcy, E. E. (Erastus Edgerton), 1815-1900.
Date:
[1850?]
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    until after the expiration of a few months the cavities in the lungs became dry, and the patients restored to a comfortable state of health. In our own practice we have prescribed the acid in numerous cases of chronic bronchitis, and tubercular phthisis, and generally with favorable results. Where cavities have existed in the lung, we have several times observed the expectoration to dimmish, the respiration to improve, the strength and flesh to return, and the cavity to dry up. But in all of these examples, there has remained great shortness of breath upon the slightest exertion, and other symptoms which indi- cated that the malady had only been temporarily arrested. (10.) We have usually prescribed the acid at the 12th dilution. (10.) Dr. Nardo, of Turin, commends the acid very highly in inflammation of the mucous membrane of the lungs. Oxalate of Lime has been dis- covered in expectorated matter; it is common in emphysema and chronic catarrhs; also in convalescence from typhus fever; it is rare in inflammation in the lungs and tubercles. (11.) Back.—Pain in the back; feeling as if the spinal column could not bear the weight of the body; acute pain in the back extending down to the thighs ; sensation of stiffness and prickling in the back. (29.) Acute pain in the back; numbness and weakness in the back and limbs ; weakness in the loins and hips, extending down to the lower limbs ; sense of numbness, tingling and prickling in the sacrum, back and thighs. (5.) Pathology.—Although the primary specific action of this acid is upon the spinal marrow and brain, we are not aware that any morbid changes of the spinal marrow have been recorded, in consequence of poisoning with it. That morbid changes are produced by poisonous doses of this active substance cannot be doubted, and we trust that the microscope will in future reveal to us their character. At present we must rest satisfied with pathogenetic phenomena and clinical ob- servations. (10.) It seems to exert a most specific action upon the small of the back; upon the lumbar and crural nerves. (11.) Upper Extremities.—Coldness of the upper extremities ; feeling of lameness in the arms ; fingers rigid. (29.) Nails of the fingers brown. (4.) Sharp, shooting pain in the right shoulder joint; the right wrist painful, as if it were dislocated or strained; sensation as if the hands were dead. (5.) Clinical Remarks.—Oxalic-acid is distinguished by its powerful affinity for Lime, separating it even from Sulphuric-acid; in conse- quence of this property its use has been suggested in exostosis, hyper- trophy of the bones, and various morbid growths of the bones. (11.) Lower Extremities.—Coldness of the feet and legs ; difficulty in going up-stairs; pain extending from the thighs downwards; (29.) extremities cold. (4.) Violent contracting pain in the external tendon of the knee ; lividity, coldness, and almost complete loss of the power of motion in the legs, which symptoms were not entirely removed lor fifteen days. (5.) Weakness and numbness of the limbs, extend- ing down the thighs, and, towards the end, convulsions. (3.)