Practical treatise on diseases peculiar to women and girls : to which is added an eclectic system of midwifery : also, the treatment of the diseases of children and the remedies used in the cure of diseases, particularly adapted to the use of heads of families & midwives / by Buel Eastman.

  • Eastman, Buell.
Date:
1848
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Credit: Practical treatise on diseases peculiar to women and girls : to which is added an eclectic system of midwifery : also, the treatment of the diseases of children and the remedies used in the cure of diseases, particularly adapted to the use of heads of families & midwives / by Buel Eastman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    24. The Treatment must differ according to the particular causes of the disease, and according to the different states of constitution under which it occurs. 1st. remove the predisposing and exciting causes, —2nd. lessen the momentum of the general circulation, if it be not below the natural standard,—3rd. con- stringe the bleeding vessels. If the female be of a full habit, and pulse quick and active, bleeding will be advisable, and every thing which has a tendency to al- lay the excitement of the system, should be used. She should keep still and quiet, avoid getting up or walk- ing about, and take cooling acidulated drinks, and keep the bowels open with salts, and use cold locaj applications. Where the floodings are copious we should also use such remedies as experience has shown to be capable of constringing, or in some way or other checking, the actions of the bleeding vessels. Among these the sugar of had holds the first rank, and will seldom disappoint our expectations entirely, in the ac- tive variety of the disease. From two to three grains, either alone or with opium, every half hour, or hour or two, according to the rapidity of the case, should be given. The tincture of cinnamon, is perhaps, more fre- quently used than most other remedies. From thirty to sixty drops may be given every hour or two. Mum also is very good. In profuse and rapid cases much relief may be obtained by applying cold applications to the genital parts, or injecting them into the vagina.