MEDICAL NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15169, 7 December 1912, Page 7 (Supplement)

MEDICAL NOTES.

SCABIES.

Sciittis should not bo treated by irrir tant ointments. The adoption of the following method is urged. The patient is instructed to take a thorough bath, after which sandsoap is to be used upon the tougher portions of the integument. Powdered washed sulphur is then rubbed over the entire skin surface. Sulphur .should . also be placed between the bed:sheets and shaken so as to evenly distri;,fete the powder. Thus should "be re"repeated for several nights, a cure being usually effected in a week. It should to used as a prophylactic measure whenever an individual is exposed to scabies. ; A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. Some years ago Professor Arthur Keith showed "at a demonstration some remark- • able advances on the structure, function, ; and diseases of the heart. The most re- : markable of these is a small mass of lesion ft the site where the beat of the heart has ><» origin. This was further investigated yoy other men, and lately Dr. Trevar, of Japan, discovered that in tho human heart, W in that of all mammals, there existed a jWmarkable system of peculiar muscle |SbreS. The system is plainly visible to the .;.naked eye, and its peculiar*branches have •/already been seen by anatomists, but the ;j«scover v that they formed a tree-like sysswffl, with roots in'the auricles in tho heart |,;ted branches in the ventricles, was i<»-.i'Wrved-for a voting medical visitor from Japan.

INFLUENZA

Ipfluen/a in a. specific infectious disease, „. "ccasidßially epidemic, characterised by '•■! !.;,-*arised fcb.-ilo symptoms and a tendency \jw tegpiratory complications.. It causes *Tere and prolonged bodily and mental ' ■Piteatration. " i ■■ •Symptoms: The onset is generally sud- I "JO. .There may or may not be a, feeling £* chilliness or cold down the spine, be- ! •"ten*the shoulders; there is pain in the I .(particularly in the eyeballs), client. vi .'Extremities, and great"prostration of ! .. **Mljjih; ■ there may also be some pore : . *nroat and congli. As the. disease pro- , Jesses, there is a copious discharge from ; .:■.;?* nose, the hteathing is accelerated, and J" •' '2?. wugh • becomes more -frequent. Head- ! - 9&* is often a very distressing symptom, j .' ■Rental depression, inability tor" mental ox- i ~•'"On, and great restlessness are promi- j ■;'Hent features of the disease. The. bowels ; :-' ar « confined, and the appetite in many '/?"*■•.''entirely lost. Diarrtura, however.] gently sets in during the course of tin? i . ' ~***Se.' Quinsy, bronchitis, laryngitis, and j Pntumonia are common complitotions of in- ! ■;-.,;, n «enza. ' \ '• ]' Wtttaent : The patient must have n[ 'SJfcwrd foot-bath and go to bed at once. | , ' f°* .solution of acetate of ammonia should j - ''•!39? , ' rn in tablespoonful doses every three j ', : '\p^ r ''ours, for the first, day or two. j K *<Vn in the chest should be relieved by I : pstard plasters. S:x>ucr or later stimtl \ ,'; ' a "U W )ll. ]~ ~e q „jr e(j ) an nourishing, j ?;- •■?Ply di S estibl<, particularly beef | H|??', raw— bo Lfiven frequently and j ' j" small quantities. 'Ilie ammoruated tint- ; '. ' IV quinine should be given in teaspoon- . "'.-. iV do every three or four hours for the J. *!$ few days." Depressing drags, like anti- ; . PTrin should nut be given indiscriminately. i\/^ ri convalescence, quinine, iron, and I Oliver oil should bo administered.