A practical essay on the use of the nitrate of silver in the treatment of inflammation, wounds, and ulcers / by John Higginbottom.

  • Higginbottom, John, 1788-1876.
Date:
1865
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Credit: A practical essay on the use of the nitrate of silver in the treatment of inflammation, wounds, and ulcers / by John Higginbottom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    part of the front of tlie leg. This appeared to be a proper case for the same treatment as that required for inflamed ulcers arising from other causes. I there- fore applied the nitrate of silver to the inflamed parts and ulcers, and defended them with the neutral ointment. In four days the inflammation was nearly gone, and the ulcers were in a healing state. By four more similar applications the leg was quite well. My patient was not at all confined to his house. Erysipelas from a Burn, Case 92.—Mrs. Bell, aged thirty-four, had the lobe of the right ear burnt, about a fortnight ago. She was afterwards exposed to cold and wet for several hours. She became affected with severe shivering, succeeded by fever; the ear was slightly inflamed. I prescribed an emetic, a dose of calomel, and purgative medicine. On the following morning the ear was much swelled; the inflammation had spread to the face, temple, and upon the scalp on the back part of the head. I removed the hair from the inflamed scalp, and applied the nitrate of silver over the parts affected. On the evening of the same day there was every appearance of the inflammation having been checked ; but on the following day I found it spreading in every direction, and my patient complained of much chilli-