Merck's 1896 index; an encyclopedia for the physician and the pharmacist

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...prescribing these, please specify: MERCK! 2.--The quality marked thus: will be sent, when not otherwise ordered. 3.-The PRICES QUOTED throughout this work INCLUDE TUB COST OF CONTAINERS. The kind of containers is stated in most instances. Dr. Sarsfield Cassidy, of Adamniaby, New South Wales, writing under date of July 30, 1895, says: I have given CAMPHO-PHENIQUE POWDER a thorough trial and am delighted with the results attained. The following is a typical case: A boy, aged 14, had suffered a fracture of the skull, resulting in a depression and laceration. I trephined and lifted the supraorbital plate (which was depressed), taking all antiseptic precautions and applying the usual iodoform dressing. Rigors, nausea, and the usual symptoms of depression continuing, after four days I was obliged to remove the dressing and apply another, using bichloride of mercury with the iodoform, and opening up the wound so as to secure free drainage. Local pain was constantly present, and general encephalitis gave unmistakable evidence that the abscess was gaining ground. At this critical period the package of Campho-phenique Powder came to hand. As your literature makes special reference to its utility in the suppression of the formation of pus and ulcerative processes generally, I determined to try it in the case. I dusted it all over the diseased surface and saturated all around the drainage area so that it could find its way within and attack the seat of the trouble. My visit on the following day found the patient much better. He had slept well and had drank freely of iced milk, and reported the pain as "almost all gone." I removed the outside dressing and found that the suppuration had been very much reduced and that the edges of the seams looked well. I appli...