Tri-State medical journal and practitioner . in is so great as to render it an impracticable method ofmedicating young children. As to inunction, full well I know that an ointment of from 20 to 30grains of sulph. of quinine to the ounce, as c. g. : Quinine sulph 5SS Vaseline £ii Lanoline -. 5V* M. Ft. uugnt. well rubbed in, especially at the flanks and arm-pits, will frequently causea disappearance of the malarial phenomena, but it is a dirty method, andproduces very often a dermatitis, precluding its use more than once ortwice on the same patient. As to introducing quinine or any other medi-c
Tri-State medical journal and practitioner . in is so great as to render it an impracticable method ofmedicating young children. As to inunction, full well I know that an ointment of from 20 to 30grains of sulph. of quinine to the ounce, as c. g. : Quinine sulph 5SS Vaseline £ii Lanoline -. 5V* M. Ft. uugnt. well rubbed in, especially at the flanks and arm-pits, will frequently causea disappearance of the malarial phenomena, but it is a dirty method, andproduces very often a dermatitis, precluding its use more than once ortwice on the same patient. As to introducing quinine or any other medi-cament into the system of a young child via the rectum, while not denyingthat it may be possible in German children, I am sure it isnt in mostAmerican ones. After several futile attempts to introduce a suppositoryinto the rectum of a boy of six or eight years, I had given up the attemptuntil, in a case of dysentery, being very desirous of getting the local effectof nitrate of silver, I did manage to get one to stay by waiting till the child. 482 Original Articles. was sleeping soundly. Never have my efforts to have a child youngerthan ten years retain either nutriment or medicine in the rectum beensuccessful unless I took advantage of it in Some way. Admitting that arectal injection or suppository of quinine sulph. is potent, I also believe itpractically impossible to take advantage of the method, save in rareinstances. As for the tannate of quinine, only one-third of it is potent,even at the best, and it is, even at that, far from pleasant. The chocolatepreparation will do in some cases, but it is very expensive; and outside oflarge cities, I have never been able to obtain it. We have a preparationof cinchona, most eligible for use with young children and adults whohave pills stick in their throats, and whose stomachs rebel at the nau-seous, extemporaneous mixtures usually prescribed. I refer to Febriline, orsyr. of tasteless quinine, made in St. Louis. Having used pounds andp
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