Specific medication and specific medicines : revised, with an appendix containing the articles published on the subject since the first edition : and a report of cases illustrating specific medication / John M. Scudder.

  • Scudder, John M. (John Milton), 1829-1894.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Specific medication and specific medicines : revised, with an appendix containing the articles published on the subject since the first edition : and a report of cases illustrating specific medication / John M. Scudder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    with like success. Some years ago I called the at- tention of the profession to its specific effects in jaundice, and gave several cases in proof of the fact. Since then I have used the Chionanthus in a great many cases of jaundice, and have never failed to re- move it in but one single case, and that one I think Avas a case of obstruction of the gall ducts by cal- culi ; in that case, I tried all the reputed cholagogues, without success. It removes jaundice of years standing, in from eight to ten days. I have treated several persons that had been subject to jaundice, annually, in summer, for several years, and had been dosed with blue pill, calomel, and other articles, without any benefit, and I have not failed in a single instance, to remove the disease entirely. And when it is relieved with the Chionanthus, it does not return ; at least it has not, in any instance to my knowledge. It is as near a specific in jaun- dice, as quinine in periodicity. The mode in which I have used it is to make a tincture of the bark of the root in gin, say §ij. to the quart of gin, and give Sss. of this every three hours, or the fluid ex- tract, and give from one to two drachms every three hours. CHLOROFORM. • Chloroform by inhalation exerts a specific influence upon the cerebral center, arresting its power to re- ceive impressions—a condition known as anaesthesia. If carried still farther, it influences the spinal center