SECTION 38.
CHLOROFORM.
Minute Dose
Section 56, B.
Officinal Dose
Adult, 1/2 to 1 drachm. Child, see Section 56, B.
Hypodermatic Dose
Adult, 1 minims, inserted deeply in the immediate locality of the pain. Used especially for Tic Douloureux - Chronic Sciatica (cured 8 out of 12 cases) - Spine pain, strictly localized - Coccygodynia.
Pain. - "Magic lotion" - Chloroform, 2 ounces; Alcohol, 2 ounces; Aqua Ammoniae, 2 ounces; Camphor tincture, 2 ounces; Tincture of Aconite, red, 2 ounces; Spirits Nit. Ether, 6 ounces; Mix. Bathe or apply on cloths.
Neuralgia - Chloroform and Aconite tincture each 5 parts and lard 20 parts; anoint, and cover with light compress - prompt cure.
Earache. Chloroform 1 drachm, in olive oil, 2 ounces. mix. Put 20 to 30 drops in the ear, and plug with cotton, instant relief; or wet cotton with chloroform and put it in the bowl of a pipe, place the end of the stem in the ear, put your mouth over the bowl, and blow your breath into it, thus forcing the vapor into the ear.
Bleeding from Operations in the Mouth and Throat, Excessive Bleeding of Tonsils, etc. Spray the parts with chloroform water, 2 per cent. solution. Chloroform closes the mouths of all small, bleeding vessels instantly.
Labor Rendered Easy and Painless. Chloroform 1 or 2 teaspoonfuls on a handkerchief or napkin, held by the lady, and inhaled only during pain (See 69 B, 2) - Or use Chloroform and Sweet Oil, equal parts, mixed, and applied on flannel saturated therewith. Lay it on the abdomen from navel to pubis, stroke it down smoothly, renew it as often as necessary; usually in from 5 to 10 minutes, it relieves the pain. The same may be applied for any local pain with like result.
"Cocaine oleate (4: 100), applied to the cervix during first stage of labor; and to the vulva and perineum during the expulsion of the head; removes almost completely the sufferings of parturition."
Gall - stone and Jaundice. - "Chloroform dissolves the stone in situ, and prevents recurrence of attacks. A case 23 years' standing was cured by taking 3 drops of chloroform, on sugar, 3 times a day for a month. It removed all pain, tenderness, distention and jaundice, and the cure was permanent. One drop on sugar three times a day for a month will insure exemption from all attacks. "
Inguinal Hernia - Rupture. Put patent under influence of chloroform or ether, and life the person clear of the bed by the first for several minutes; directly the bowel will return into its place.
Convulsions - Spasms. Administer Chloroform by inhalation, until arrested and under control.
Puerperal Convulsions. Dissolve 2 tablespoonfuls of brown sugar in a gill of lukewarm water, and add a tablespoonful of Chloroform - draw it in and force it out the syringe a few times until well mixed, then inject the whole into the rectum; and cause it to be retained by pressure of a napkin. No more spasms.
Retention of Urine - Strangury. A few inhalations of Chloroform give speedy relief.
Tapeworm. Away in one hour. Adult, take a teaspoonful of Chloroform on sugar in the morning before breakfast, having taken no supper in the evening before, and take a tablespoonful of "Salts" immediately after taking the Chloroform. "In one hour away comes the worm, head and all. " Two or three tablespoonfuls of the tincture of Kamala, after 12 hours' fasting, followed by a dose of castor oil, if bowels not moved without, is considered one of the most pleasant, safe and sure remedies for tapeworm.
Cholera. Chloroform, adult, 1 tablespoonful in 4 tablespoonfuls of water; one dose cured in half an hour; soldiers lying in collapse by the roadside, in 30 minutes after taking the dose, were up and on the march again. Chloroform 5 to 10 minims on sugar, every 10 to 20 minutes, affords astonishing relief.
Sea Sickness. Chloroform 1 drop on sugar arrested it at once.
Vomiting of Pregnancy. Chloroform, 1 drop in hot, sweetened water, stopped it immediately.
Acidity of the Stomach - also Inflation of the Stomach from Gas. Chloroform 10 to 20 drops in a little sweetened water, 10 minutes after meals. "The best remedy."
Ague. - "Chloroform 1/2 drachm in milk, taken just before the expected chill - breaks up the ague."
By adding Spirits of Turpentine of Chloroform, 1 part of 5, the inhalation is rendered safer, and yet none the less prompt and efficient in its action.