. Diseases of the rectum and anus: designed for students and practitioners of medicine. rations. Styptics and Astringent agents may be used to arrest oozing,but are never to be employed to stop bleeding from a spurting HEMORRHAGE 481 vessel. The following drugs, either in solution or as dusting-powders, have been employed for this purpose: Monsells pow-der, extract of suprarenal capsule, gallic and tannic acids, zincsulphate, copper sulphate, lead acetate, hydrogen peroxide, andacetic acid (vinegar). Of these the most reliable are extract ofsuprarenal capsule, hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, and M
. Diseases of the rectum and anus: designed for students and practitioners of medicine. rations. Styptics and Astringent agents may be used to arrest oozing,but are never to be employed to stop bleeding from a spurting HEMORRHAGE 481 vessel. The following drugs, either in solution or as dusting-powders, have been employed for this purpose: Monsells pow-der, extract of suprarenal capsule, gallic and tannic acids, zincsulphate, copper sulphate, lead acetate, hydrogen peroxide, andacetic acid (vinegar). Of these the most reliable are extract ofsuprarenal capsule, hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, and Monsellspowder. The latter is objectional because it leaves the woundand parts in a filthy condition. Vinegar is obtainable in anyhome, and may be used pure or combined with three parts ofwater as an irrigating agent or upon gauze as a packing fordeep wounds. The apphcation of suprarenal capsule imme-diately constricts the vessels. It is especially serviceable inarresting bleeding from superficial erosions, and when the partsare extremely sensitive it may, with advantage, be combined. Fig. 164.—Gants Rectal Evacuator. with eucaine or chloretone, which is a local anesthetic. Hydro-gen peroxide, in addition to being an antiseptic, is especiallyuseful to arrest oozing during operations. General Treatment of Hemorrhage. — In cases in which de-pletion has been so great as to endanger the patients life, everyeffort should be made to improve his condition and prevent arecurrence. If necessary, the blood-column should be in-creased by transfusing a sufficient quantity of physiologic saltsolution, or by the injection of 6 to 8 ounces of the same beneaththe skin. Hot-water bottles should be placed around thepatient and the heart stimulated with strychnine or brandyeither by mouth or hypodermic injection. He should be keptquiet in the recumbent position, with the hips elevated, andrestricted to a liquid diet. The intestines should be kept in- 482 DISEASES OF THE RECTUM AND ANUS active
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