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CARBUNCLE.
Trcatment.-It would almost be superfluous for me to
say, that sulphur still stands the test as the best appli-
cation for this disease. A great variety of additional
remedies have been proposed, but I really think without
any material benefit to the original. The following
ointment is the most efficacious. Take two parts of
sublimed sulphur, one of carbonate of potash, and eight
of lard-mix well; half an ounce to be applied morning
and night to the affected parts; the patient using, at the
same time, the warm bath every day.
Dr. IHardy, who has charge of the itch wards in the
Hospital Saint Louis of Paris, affirms that he cures his
patients in two hours. The method described is as fol-
lows :
Patients are no longer admitted into the house for the
treatment of the itch, as two hours suffice to render
contagion impossible, and the recovery almost certain.
The patient is put into a warm bath, and rubbed for an
hour with yellow soap; he then passes into a clean
bath, where he continues to cleanse his skin for another
hour. After leaving this bath, he is taken to a parti-
cular room fitted for the purpose; and, with the aid of
one of his fellow-sufferers, he is rubbed all over for half
an hour, with the ointment we have recommended.
ANTHRAX.
Car mbuncle.-This is a very prevalent disease in this cli-
mate, and in the summer and spring you will find more
than one variety of phlegmonous inflammation. In the
general form, you find inflammation of the subcutaneous
cellular tissue, or of that which surrounds the superficial
organs. Now malignant anthrax differs from phlegmo-
nous inflammation, only in the degree of intensity ; it is395
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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/m1/395/: 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.