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WHIIOOPING COUGII.
Emetic remedies I have found very useful, they relax
the spasm, produce nausea sufficient to depress the
arterial excitement, and assist expectoration. I advise
small doses of ipecac. to be frequently repeated, suffi-
ciently often to keep the system under its influence;
any of the anti-spasinodics can be combined with this
beneficially when tle fever has disappeared.
There are a great variety of remedies used; the
black cohosh we have used with decided advantage.
Dr. King reported it to the New York Philosophical
Journal of 1844; he recommends the saturated tincture
to be given from five to ten drops, increasing every two
hours. I have used it in from ten to fifteen drops three
or four times a-day, to a child a year old.
I have tested of late nitric acid, it can be given to a
child of any age; and it is unquestionably very prompt
in its action. Make a solution as strong as lemon juice,
sweeten, and give small portions two or three times a-
day ; some of the physicians of New Orleans speak in
high terms of it.
Of the narcotic remedies, belladonna enjoys the
highest reputation in this disease, with the most of
American practitioners; you will derive little good film
it until the system is fully impressed with its action,
this will be manifest when you have dryness of the
throat and vertigo; you can use either of the follow ing
recipes:
tI. Extract of belladonna, sii.
Distilled water, zii.
Dissolve and filter, then add, syrup, 3 lbs.; boi, iad
str:i , and give from one to three drachms; or,430
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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/m1/430/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.