SECTION 3.
ALCOHOL.
Officinal Dose
Adult, 1/4 to 1 drachm, in water. Child, see section 56, B.
Hypodermatic Dose
Adult, 20 to 30 minims of whiskey or brandy; when the patient is unable to swallow the stimulant, or the urgency will not admit of delay necessary for absorption by the stomach. Depression caused by hemorrhage is the particular state justifying this practice. Never give alcoholic stimulants in chloroform narcosis.
Decay of the Teeth Prevented. Use dilute alcohol as a tooth wash.
Baby's Sore Mouth. Wash with cold water touched with alcohol.
Sore Throat. Gargle with alcohol and water mixed, 1 part to 4.
(A) The same is excellent for Diphtheria - dissolves the patches.
Angina Pectoris. Alcohol: adult, teaspoonful doses in water, frequently repeated - excellent.
(B) The same subdues pain in the stump after amputation, and counteracts the poison of a snakebite, or cut of a dissecting knife. Continue the stimulus until intoxication ensues.
Burn - Scald - Bruise - Gathering. Alcohol, chilled in a vessel on ice, applied by cloths saturated therewith, directly subdues the pain.
(C) A felon or gathering held in ice - cold alcohol for awhile may be cut without pain.
Bed - sore. Bathe with alcohol, and saturate cloths therewith and apply; not painful - rapid cure.
Dressing for Wounds. - Compound Fractures, etc. - Alcohol applied removes offensive odor, prevents inflammation, fever, swelling and erysipelas, is slightly painful at first, afterward agreeable, and affords great relief. First apply it pure, later mixed with water, equal parts. Keep the surface macerated with it on cotton, covered with oil - silk, and held in place when convenient with rubber bandage, until the parts put on a uniform brown tint.
Itch. Alcohol, strong: "one application, well rubbed in, cures in 5 minutes. "
Sweating of Hands and Feet, and other Local Sweating Prevented. Bathe the parts frequently with alcohol.
(D) To facilitate general perspiration, thoroughly rub the skin with alcohol, before taking a sweat - bath.
Corns removed without pain. Saturate a piece of cotton with alcohol, and apply it to the corn for a minute, then loosen one edge with a knife or finger nail, and gradually draw it out with forceps, aiding with the knife; may apply the alcohol several times, to prevent pain.
Spotted Fever. Alcohol, pure deodorized; put 1/2 ounce in 12 teaspoonfuls of water, and take of this solution one, two or three teaspoonfuls, according to age, every half hour, until there is decided amendment, than lengthen the intervals. Free warm sweat is very favorable. Alcohol administered thus in the early stage subdues the disease.
Paresis. Alcohol, small repeated doses, acts well.