Merck's 1899 Manual Part 281

Gold salts: in acute and chronic orchitis.

Hamamelis: In some patients gives rise to seminal emissions.

Hot Lotions: in acute inflammation.

Ice Bag: in acute orchitis.

Ichthyol.

Iodine: Injection into an encysted hydrocele; local application in orchitis after the acute symptoms have pa.s.sed off.

Iodoform or Iodoformogen: dressing in ulceration.

Magnesium Sulphate with Antimony: in epididymitis.

Mercury b.i.+.c.hloride.

Mercury and Morphine Oleate: in syphilitic enlargement and chronic inflammation.

Nitrate of Silver: ethereal solution painted around an enlarged testis better than over.

Nux Vomica: in debility.

Pota.s.sium Bromide.

Pota.s.sium Iodide: in syphilitic t.e.s.t.i.c.l.e.

Pulsatilla: in very small doses along with aconite.

Suspension: in orchitis and epididymitis.

Traumaticin.

~Teta.n.u.s.~--_See also, Spasmodic Affections._

Acetanilid.

Aconite: in large doses to control muscular spasm.

Acupuncture: on each side of the spines of the vertebrae.

Alcohol: will relax muscular action, also support strength.

Anesthetics: to relax muscular spasm.

Antimonium Tartaratum: in large doses, along with chlorate of pota.s.sium.

Antipyrine.

Apomorphine: as a motor paralyzer.

a.r.s.enic.

Atropine: local injection into the stiffened muscles to produce mild poisoning. Useful in both traumatic and hysterical teta.n.u.s.

Belladonna.

Bromides: in very large doses frequently repeated.

Cannabis Indica: serviceable in many cases; best combined with chloral.

Chloral Hydrate: in large doses; best combined with bromide or cannabis indica.

Chloroform.

Cocaine Hydrochlorate.

Coniine Hydrobromate.

Conium.

Curare: an uncertain drug.

Curarine.

Duboisine: like atropine.

Eserine.

Freezing the Nerve: in traumatic teta.n.u.s has been proposed.

Gelsemium: in a few cases it has done good.

Heat to Spine: will arrest convulsions.

Hyoscyamus: in traumatic.

Ice-bag to Spine.

Lobelia: a dangerous remedy.

Morphine: injected into the muscles gives relief.

Nerve stretching: where a nerve is implicated in the cicatrix, has done good.

Neurotomy: in the same cases.