Hypodermic injections in the treatment of neuralgia, rheumatism, gout and other diseases / by Antoine Ruppaner.

  • Ruppaner, Antoine, 1825-1892.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Hypodermic injections in the treatment of neuralgia, rheumatism, gout and other diseases / by Antoine Ruppaner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the affected member. Unexpectedly the attack may come, or it may be excited by simply touching a cold surface with* the extremity of the little finger. In this state of things, days were passed uncomfortably, and nights more wearisome still. Naturally nervous, nervous irritabil- ity, impelled by an inexorable law of prog- ress, commensurate with the cause, had its unlimited sway; and the pain-racked body could only find repose at night, when re- ceiving its tribute in the form of a power- ful potion, not of medicine, however, but of whiskey. As for the rest, bowels are irregular, ap- petite variable, strength gone, and spirits depressed. He has had the best medical treatment. Early in the spring of 1863, he was advised to visit Europe, hoping to be benefited by the change. There he con- sulted that eminent physician, Dr. Brown Sequard, and remained under his care, slightly improving. Upon the patient's