. The principles and practice of modern surgery . welled and hard ;—the skin dry and harsh ;—theeyes red;—the tongue strawberry-coloured ;—the breath foul;—the stoolsclay-coloured and offensive, sometimes costive, sometimes extremely re-laxed. The patient of course dies hectic, although he often lasts wonder-fully long. Treatment.—Animal food and other nutriment given in small quantitiesat short intervals; — mild mercurials to amend the intestinal secretions,especially the combination of hydr. bichlorid. with tinct. cinchonae, F. 43;—tepid salt bathing ;—stimulating liniments to the abdomen; —
. The principles and practice of modern surgery . welled and hard ;—the skin dry and harsh ;—theeyes red;—the tongue strawberry-coloured ;—the breath foul;—the stoolsclay-coloured and offensive, sometimes costive, sometimes extremely re-laxed. The patient of course dies hectic, although he often lasts wonder-fully long. Treatment.—Animal food and other nutriment given in small quantitiesat short intervals; — mild mercurials to amend the intestinal secretions,especially the combination of hydr. bichlorid. with tinct. cinchonae, F. 43;—tepid salt bathing ;—stimulating liniments to the abdomen; — change * Tubercle in the mesenteric and bronchial glands is more frequently found of thegreyish translucent variety; and it softens and suppurates less frequently than in thecervical. It has moreover a greater tendency to the chalky transformation.—VidePhillips, op. cit. MALIGNANT DISEASES. 115 of air; — and the cautious administration of the antiscrofulous remediesbefore mentioned, especially the cod-liver oil. Fis. 9.*. V. Scrofulous Ulcers may be a result of the pustules and excoriationsof the skin that have been spoken of; — or they may be formed by theulceration of chronic abscesses; in which case they sometimes destroyextensive tracts of skin and cellular tissue, and may kill the patient byexhaustion, or render a limb rigid and useless, if he recover. Or theymay be attended with a hardened base, thick everted edges, a copiousformation of pale granulations, and deposit of unhealthy lymph into theadjoining cellular tissue, which, with the granulations, is liable to fits ofsloughing, preceded by severe pain. Treatment.—We have nothing to add to the treatment of the weak andirritable ulcer^ to which classes these must be referred. The preparationsof iodine, F. 44, et seq., should have a fair trial. Scrofulous diseases of the bones, joints, eye, breast, and testicle; thescrofulous lupus, and ozsena; caries of the vertebrae, and psoas abscess,will b
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