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Twentieth Century Practice (18); Syphilis and Leprosy
Twentieth Century Practice Syphilis and Leprosy - 18 Author:Thomas Lathrop Stedman Volume: 18 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1899 Original Publisher: Wood Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you ca... more »n select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: In rare cases the use of blue ointment is forbidden by the appearance of an erythema which occasionally presents a toxic character. The site of the application becomes of a vivid red color and shows more or less inflammatory infiltration, and in addition to this there is an increased desquamation, or the exudation is increased to such an extent that vesicles and even large blebs and pustules are raised, or punctiform hemorrhages may sometimes be observed in the skin. Itching and burning sensations are not always markedly present; restlessness and a general discomfort are more frequently experienced. Occasionally the erythema extends over the whole body, and its eruption is accompanied by slight fever. After a few days the swelling decreases, the vesicles and blisters dry up, the skin becomes paler and begins to wrinkle, and in severe cases a broadly lamellated desquamation ends the process. The toxic exanthemata produced by other modes of giving the mercury will be referred to later. Aside from this the indications for inunctions are very numerous. The method may be used in children, adults, and the aged, and the action on the syphilitic process is as a rule excellent and permanent. The effect may be increased or diminished according to the size of the dose. The permanency of the result is probably based on the fact that mercury taken into the body in this manner is only very slowly eliminated. The researches of Paschkis and others have shown that traces of the mercury can be found in the body for years. In the case of one of my patients who had received seventy inu...« less