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EPILEPTIC FITS.
before observed, are more numerous than those inter-
nally employed. A very distinguished physician asserts,
that on the whole, the most efficacious are the narco-
tics, (substances which have the property of stupifying.)
Laudanum may be applied by lotion, or in the form of
a cataplasm; the liquid preparation of opium and cam-
phor may sometimes be usefully combined. The same
remarks are applicable to hydrocyanic acid and cyanuret
of potassium. The latter may be applied in the propor-
tion of one or two grains to a fluid ounce of water; or,
the following ointment is recommended for hemicrania
and neuralgia:
1. Pure chloroform, 5iii.
Cyanide of potassium, 3iiss.
Lard, :ii.
Add sufficient of white wax to make an ointment.
The endermic method of application is sometimes also
highly useful. A small blister may be made in the
vicinity of the pain, the cuticle (skin) removed, and
half a grain of powdered acetate of morphine sprinkled
upon the surface.
This is a very painful and obstinate disease; the ima-
gination exerts a peculiar influence. You must tran-
quilize your patient, and apply remedies to meet the
emergencies of the case.
EPILEPSIA.
In epilepsy there is an immediate loss of sense, with
convulsions of the voluntary muscles.
The patient most generally has premonitory symptoms
similar to those that usher in nervous affections in gene-
ral; occasionally they have no warning; have the fit,415
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Massie, J. Cam. A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine, book, 1854; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143817/m1/415/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.