A guide to therapeutics / by Robert Farquharson.

  • Farquharson, Robert, 1836-1918.
Date:
1883
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    sorption after injection into tunica vaginalis, acting well ovarian cysts. on the same principle in some rare cases of ovarian dropsy and bronchocele, and deodo- rising and lessening discharges in empyema and suppurating glands. Constitutional Action. Physiological. 1. On Brain and Nervous System.—No special action on the nervous system has been observed, unless we hold that the uncomfortable sensations of misery and depression occasion- ally following the use of pot. iod. may be* thus explained, and patients occasionally com- plain of weariness and mus- cular debility, due, no doubt, to the action of the potassium on the spinal cord. 2. The effects of iodine on the circulation have never been properly estimated, but some observers say that it tends to contract the vessels and cause increased rapidity of the heart's action. Pot. iod. has very swift diffusive power, entering the blood very rapidly and being given off within ten minutes after ingestion. Therapeutical. 1. Iodide of potassium is of great service in many brain diseases, and most especially those in connection with ter- tiary syphilis, where gummata and other forms of tumour cause those excruciating pains and varying nervous pheno- mena which have been so ably described by Drs. Broadbent and Buzzard. 2. Pot. iod. has been used with great benefit by Dr. Bal- four and others in aortic aneu- rysm, several successful cases having been reported. It is difficult to explain the rationale of its action, but it is essen- tial that large doses (twenty grains) be prescribed and con- tinued regularly for a year or more.