[12] J. Wendt, das Wesen, die Bedeutung und ærztl. Behandl. des Scharlachs. Breslau, 1819.
[13] F. A. G. Berndt, D. Scharlachepidemie im Küstriner Kreise, 1817-19, &c. Berlin, 1820.—The same, Bemerk. über das Scharlachfieber, &c. Greifswalde, 1827.
[14] Peart, Practical informations on malignant scarlet-fever and sore-throat, in which a new mode of treatment is freely communicated. London, 1802.
[15] J. B. Brown, On scarlatina, and its successful treatment by the Acidum-aceticum-dilutum of the Pharmacopæia. London, 1846.
[16] The forms in which I have given this acid are the following:
Take three ounces of raspberry syrup and fifteen drops of muriatic acid. Rub the whole of the acid with two or three spoonfuls of syrup in a porcelain mortar (or, if there is none, in a soup-plate with the foot of a wine-glass, or a tumbler) for a minute or two; then add some more of the syrup and rub again, and thus continue till the acid is well divided and mixed up with the syrup. Of this mixture give the patient a teaspoonful every hour or two, or oftener, according to the symptoms.
An other form for a gargle is this:
Take a cup of coarse pearl-barley (or of rice), roast it till yellow; then boil it with one quart of water for ten minutes; add one teaspoonful of muriatic-acid, and four or six tablespoonfuls of honey; mix it well and use it for a gargle, tepid. The decoction should be passed through some linen, or a sieve, before the acid and honey are added, to keep back the barley or rice-grains.
The syrup should be used for inflammation of the tonsils; the gargle for inflammation of the fauces or pharynx.
[17] Schnitzlein, das Scharlachfieber, seine Geschichte, Erkenntniss und Heilung: München, 1851.