A guide to therapeutics / by Robert Farquharson.

  • Farquharson, Robert, 1836-1918.
Date:
1883
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Credit: A guide to therapeutics / by Robert Farquharson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    especially enumerating those remedies which act only in con- ditions of pyrexia. 27. You have been attending a case of rheumatic fever, and all has gone on well until you are told one morning that the patient has had a disturbed night, has been restless and de- lirious, but that, at the same time, the pain in the joints has subsided. You find him looking dull, confused, and only par- tially conscious. The temperature registers 105°, and in another hour has gone up to 106°. What treatment would you advise % 28. State the principal dangers to be anticipated in choloro- form administration, with their appropriate remedies. 29. Mention the unpleasant effects which sometimes follow the use of quinine. 30. What do you mean by ' accumulation' in therapeutics % 31. A young married woman comes to ask relief for trouble- some sickness and vomiting, recurring at intervals throughout the day, but always worse on first rising in the morning. What would you advise in the way of treatment, and how can you explain her symptoms % 32. Write a prescription for an alkaline lotion in a case of acute eczema. 33. Mention the best narcotics to be used under the following circumstances :— 1. Sleeplessness from overwork or worry. 2. Delirium tremens. 3. The fierce delirium of typhus. 4. Acute mania. 34. Write a prescription for iron in combination with pot. iod. and a vegetable bitter. 35. Mention the various drugs which produce eruptions on the skin, and describe the forms of eruption produced. 36. Mention the drugs which impart a peculiar colour to the urine, with the varieties of tint produced. 37. Contrast the paralysing effects of conium, Calabar bean, and veratria.