On the treatment of lupus by parasiticides / by James C. White.

  • White, James C. (James Clarke), 1833-1916.
Date:
1885
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Credit: On the treatment of lupus by parasiticides / by James C. White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    takable. \\ ith regard to the durability of it« action or the completeness of the cure which follows its use, it compares favorably, in my opinion, with other reme- dies. I do not speak with any certainty upon this point, for my experiments witli it, at the farthest, run back but eighteen months, and relapses among out-patients often fail to be reported, but the cures have presented every appearance of being complete, so far as one can judge by the external condition of the skin, and I have seen but a single point of recurrence among all the cases. If its use be continued long and thoroughly enough, a point not yet sufficiently determined. I see no reason to doubt its absolute power over the parasitic nature of lupus. Concerning the best form of applica- tion, I am convinced that the sublimate ointment is much more effective in tubercular and all closed forms of lesion than the wash. It needs to be applied but twice a day to act continuously upon them, and the agent penetrates more deeply, I believe, in this form than in that of aqueous solution. Upon open, ulcerated, and crusted surfaces, I have chiefly used the latter, as it seems more appropriate to do so, although I have no satisfactory reason to offer for this opinion. Neither do I feel at all certain that I have employed the remedy in either form as strong or freely as I might have done safely and with more rapid results. The only objec- tion to a more constant or a continuous application, or to a greater strength than one or two grains to the ounce of fat or water, is the possibility of the absorp- tion of the drug to a dangerous degree. In the few accounts of its use in the disease which I have seen, it has been stated that no such results have followed -x but in two or three of the cases under my observation, a decided stomatitis, salivation, red line about the edge of the gums, and swollen approximate glands, have ensued after the use of the above preparations for two or three weeks. This result never occurred, however,