A manual of hypodermic medication : the treatment of diseases by the hypodermatic or subcutaneous method . nt than the latter orthan resorcin. The mineral acids are effective both to pre-vent change and to increase the solubility of many of thealkaloids, but they are much too irritating to be employedfor the preparation of solutions for subcutaneous , the acids are responsible for most of the abscesses,the sloughing, and the tetanus which have followed the of medicaments. My conclusion is that it is farbetter to make extemporaneous solutions than to rely onany formul


A manual of hypodermic medication : the treatment of diseases by the hypodermatic or subcutaneous method . nt than the latter orthan resorcin. The mineral acids are effective both to pre-vent change and to increase the solubility of many of thealkaloids, but they are much too irritating to be employedfor the preparation of solutions for subcutaneous , the acids are responsible for most of the abscesses,the sloughing, and the tetanus which have followed the of medicaments. My conclusion is that it is farbetter to make extemporaneous solutions than to rely onany formula, how well adapted soever it may appear to beto the purpose in view. The mineral acids should never beemployed for the preparation of hypodermatic injections. * Bui. General de Therapeutique, vol. cxii p. 97. THE METHOD. 33 The Syringe.—The instrument used by Wood in hisfirst experiments was a Fergusson syringe, intended forthe injection of liquor ferri chloridi into nsevi. This in-strument, like the Anel and the Pravaz syringe (French),required a preliminary opening to be made in the skin, Fig.


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