A text-book of practical therapeutics . s should be decreased. This plaster may be allowed to 582 REMEDIAL MEASURES OTHER THAN DRUGS remain over the affected part for hours or even days, and is veryuseful in the treatment of gastric catarrh and indigestion, particularlythose forms occurring in children. The turpentine stupe (see Turpentine) is not to be allowed toremain very long on the skin, as it may blister a tender cuticle, andthe capsicum plaster may be so active as to produce unbearable pain. The proper way of treating all such burns from counterirritationis to apply simple cerate, petro
A text-book of practical therapeutics . s should be decreased. This plaster may be allowed to 582 REMEDIAL MEASURES OTHER THAN DRUGS remain over the affected part for hours or even days, and is veryuseful in the treatment of gastric catarrh and indigestion, particularlythose forms occurring in children. The turpentine stupe (see Turpentine) is not to be allowed toremain very long on the skin, as it may blister a tender cuticle, andthe capsicum plaster may be so active as to produce unbearable pain. The proper way of treating all such burns from counterirritationis to apply simple cerate, petrolatum, or sweet oil, to which may beadded carbolic acid in the proportion of 1: 100. The carbolic acidacts not only as an antiseptic, but also as a local anesthetic, whilethe oil serves as a protective from contact with the air. CUPPING. Cups are used in two forms, the dry cups and the wet cups. Thefirst depend almost entirely upon their counterirritant effect for theirtherapeutic value. A hollow glass bulb fitted with a valve or stop-. Fig. 87.—Dry cups applied to the chest, as in a case of pulmonary edema, the earlystages of pneumonia, or diffuse bronchitis. cock is placed upon the skin and exhausted by means of a small handpump. The stopcock is turned to prevent the entrance of air andthe cup allowed to remain until sufficient air leaks into it to overcomethe vacuum and let it fall off. Several such cups placed over thebases of the lungs or kidneys relieve congestion and stasis in theseorgans. Dry cups are often employed, and are valuable aids intreating the conditions named. Dry cups are not to be used in acutepleurisy or peritonitis lest they injure the parietal serous wet cup is applied as is the dry, but before it is placed on theskin the cuticle is incised by a scalpel in several places so that it willbleed freely when suction is produced in the cup. It is, therefore,both counterirritant and depletant, and is not to be used in feeblepersons who cannot stand
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