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APHTH.
eggs, and syrup of poppies. In the advanced stages,
Doctor Wood recommends a solution of sulphate of
zinc, (white vitriol,) in the proportion of two grains or
more to the ounce of water. In the same stage, rose
water, acidulated with muriatic or sulphuric acid, and
solutions of alum, chlorinated soda and lunar caustic,
are also occasionally used. These applications should
be pencilled on with. a camel's hair pencil, some eight or
ten times a day.
I have used the following remedies, and from my
experience with them, I am satisfied they will fulfil
your expectations. Make a decoction of goldthread
sage and hysop, sweeten it with honey; a little borax
may be added; wash the mouth often. I frequently
administer an infusion of goldthread, say 5i. put into a
pint of boiling water; infuse for an hour, and strain.
Give half a fluid drachm.
If the attack is malignant in its character, you should
administer quinine or salacine, (the willow oak bark,)
in grain doses, with two drops of muriatic acid; this
can be given three or four times a day.
Aphthcl3.--The marked distinction between aphths
and thrush is, whilst the former is attended with papills
and inflammation, it never terminates in ulceration; the
latter (ulceration) is always the most prominent symptom
in apthm. When the vesicles first make their appear-
ance, they contain a serous fluid; in a few days they
break, and small ulcers, with a high grade of inflam-
mation surround them. It attacks equally children
and adults; and it is different from thrush in another
respect, namely, not common in early infancy.
Treatment. The treatment recommended in thrush,
will relieve in ordinary cases; astringent applications
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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/m1/353/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.