. A treatise on headache and neuralgia : including spinal irritation and a disquisition on normal and morbid sleep . eneath the membrane and the cap screweddown. Ten minutes later the pain had begun todecrease, and twenty minutes thereafter had entirelydisappeared. In spite of this favorable outcome, Inevertheless allowed the membrane to remain in placefor the following three hours, replenishing the anaes-thetic through the metallic nipple every hour. Duringthis time there was entire immunity from pain, and, LOCAL MEDICATION OF NERVES, CONTINUED. 113 so far as one can perceive, a complete cure
. A treatise on headache and neuralgia : including spinal irritation and a disquisition on normal and morbid sleep . eneath the membrane and the cap screweddown. Ten minutes later the pain had begun todecrease, and twenty minutes thereafter had entirelydisappeared. In spite of this favorable outcome, Inevertheless allowed the membrane to remain in placefor the following three hours, replenishing the anaes-thetic through the metallic nipple every hour. Duringthis time there was entire immunity from pain, and, LOCAL MEDICATION OF NERVES, CONTINUED. 113 so far as one can perceive, a complete cure has beeneffected. But, even should there be a recurrence ofpain at some future time, it would be a perfectly easyand proper expedient to repeat a procedure whichhas already yielded so good a result. In this connec-tion, I would observe that the greatest care should beexercised in securing the membrane to the skin, sothat there shall be no leakage. A good india-rubberadhesive mass is the best substance which I have yetbeen able to obtain; but I am in hopes of findingsomething still better in the course of The second case in which I tried this method,wasone in which there was localized hypersesthesia of thefore-arm subsequent to hemiplegia. Throughout adistrict three and a half inches long by two in breadth,the epidermis was removed at regular intervals inpieces about the size of a pea; so that, after the com-pletion of the operation, the skin looked somewhat likea sieve. Over this district the rubber membrane wasstretched (see cut): and, being secured as before, theanaesthetic was introduced through the metal nipple(A) and the cap screwed on. The rubber blister (B) 114 HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA. was allowed in this case to remain in place for twohours, during which time there was relief from allhyperaesthetic symptoms. On the following day, asthere was a return of the abnormal sensitiveness, I re-applied the membrane, being careful, however, to dulyprepare the denuded surfa
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