Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms

by Charles Munde

In regard to the style and language in general, I solicit the reader's indulgence. I may appear pretentious in publishing the present pamphlet, written in a tongue which is not my own, without submitting it, previously, to the correction of an English or American pen; but this publication has been called forth by the tears of mothers mourning over the bodies of their darlings during the present winter, and too much time has been lost already in preparing it, for those whose life might have been saved, by an earlier publication, whilst I am fully aware of the imperfections of a work, which has been done during the few, often interrupted, leisure-hours left to me by the position I occupy. But whatever may be its defects, I feel convinced, that it cannot fail doing some little good; and should but one mother's tears remain unshed, I would never regret having published it. The good it will do, must depend on the favor with which it is received.

CHARLES MUNDE.

Florence Water-Cure,}
Northampton, Mass. }
March, 1857.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PART THE FIRST.
DESCRIPTION OF SCARLET-FEVER.
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[1.]	Definition—Scarlet-Fever or Scarlatina	13
[2.]	Division of the process of the disease into Periods	13
[3.]	Period of Incubation, or Hatching	13
[4.]	Period of Eruption, or Appearing of the Rash	14
[5.]	Period of Efflorescence, or Standing out of the Rash	15
[6.]	Period of Desquamation, or Peeling off	16
[7.]	Period of Convalescence	17
[8.]	Varieties of Forms of Scarlatina	17
[9.]	Scarlatina simplex, or simple Scarlet-Fever	17
[10.]	Scarlatina anginosa, or Sore-Throat Scarlet-Fever	18
[11.]	Mild Reaction (erethic)	19
[12.]	Violent Reaction (sthenic)	19
[13.]	Torpid Reaction (asthenic)	19
[14.]	Scarlatina miliaris	19
[15.]	Scarlatina sine Exanthemate	20
[16.]	Malignant Forms of Scarlatina	20
[17.]	Sudden Invasion of the Nervous Centres	20
[18.]	Affection of the Brain	20
[19.-20.]	Affection of the Cerebellum and Spine	21
[21.]	Putrid Symptoms	21
[22.]	Condition of the Throat, and other Internal Organs	21
[23.]	Other bad symptoms	22
[24.]	Destruction of the Organ of Hearing	22
[25.]	Other Sequels, Dropsy, &c.	22
[26.-27.]	The Contagion of Scarlatina very active	23
[28.]	Diagnosis	24
[29.]	Diagnosis from Measles	24
[30.]	Prognosis	25
[31.]	Favorable symptoms	25
[32.]	Unfavorable symptoms	26
PART THE SECOND.
TREATMENT OF SCARLET-FEVER.
[33.]	Different Methods of other Schools	27
[34.]	The Expletive Method	27
[35.]	The Anti-gastric Method	28
[36.]	Ammonium carbonicum	29
[37.]	Chloride of Lime	30
[38.]	Acetic Acid	30
[39.]	Mineral Acids. Muriatic Acids—Prescriptions	30
[40.]	Frictions with Lard	30
[41.]	Belladonna	31
[42.]	There is neither a Specific nor a Prophylactic to be relied on	32
[43.]	Water-Treatment, as used by Currie, Reuss, Hesse, Schœnlein, &c.	33
[44.]	Priessnitz's Method—The wet-sheet-Pack	34
[45-47.]	Technicalities of the Pack and Bath	34-36
[48.]	Action of the Pack and Bath—Rationale	36
[49.-50.]	What effect could be expected from a warm wet-sheet?	38
[51.]	No cutting short of the process of Scarlatina—the morbid poison must be drawn to the skin as soon as possible	40
[52.]	Necessity of Ventilation—Means of Heating the sick-room— Relative merits of Open Fires, Stoves and Furnaces	41
[53.]	Temperature of the sick-room	43
[54.]	Water-drinking	44
[55.]	Diet	44
[56.]	Treatment of Scarlatina simplex	45
[57.]	Treatment of Scarlatina anginosa	46
[58.-65.]	Treatment of the mild, or erethic Form of scarlatina anginosa	40-50
[66.]	Treatment of the violent, or sthenic Form of scarlatina anginosa	50
[67.]	Temperature of the water—double sheet—Changing sheet	51
[68.-69.]	Length of Pack—Perspiration	52
[70.]	Length of Bath	53
[71.]	Caution	53
[72.]	The wet Compress	54
[73.]	Highly inflamed Throat—Croup	54
[74.]	Necessity of allaying the Heat	55
[75.-77.]	The Half-bath—The Sitz- or Hip-Bath	55-56
[78.]	Action of the sitz-bath explained	56
[79.-80.]	Relaxation of Treatment towards the end of the third period— Continuation of Packs during and after Desquamation	57
[81.]	Treatment of torpid Forms of scarlatina—Difference in the Treatment pointed out	58
[82.]	Length of Pack	59
[83.]	Cold Affusions and Rubbing	59
[84.]	Ice-Water and Snow-Bath in malignant cases	59
[85.]	Wine and Water, &c., if no reaction can be obtained	60
[86.]	Ablutions and Rubbing with Iced-Water or Snow	61
[87.]	Wet Compress	61
[88.]	Ventilation all-important	61
[89.]	Continuation of Packs—Convalescence	62
[90.]	Mineral Acids, in case of severe sore Throat	62
[91.]	Putrid Symptoms—Gargle—Solution of Chloride of Soda —Drink: Chlorate of potass—Liquor calcii chloridi	62
[92.]	Treatment of Affections of the Nervous Centres	63
[93.-94.]	Sitz-bath, anchor of safety	64
[95.-97.]	Cases	65-68
[98.-99.]	Impossibility of answering for the issue of every typhoid case	71
[100.]	Is Water applicable in all typhoid cases?	71
[101.-109.]	Rules for the application of water in typhoid cases	71-73
[110.-112.]	Illustrations	73-78
PART THE THIRD.
[113.]	Treatment of other Eruptive Fevers	80
[114.]	Smalll-Pox	80
[115.]	Varioloids, and Chicken-pocks	82
[116.]	Measles	82
[117.]	Urticaria, Zoster, Rubeola	83
[118.]	Erysipelas	83
[119.]	Erythema	83
[120.-121.]	Additional Rules for the Treatment of Eruptive Diseases	83-84
[122.]	Conclusive Remarks—Obstacles	84
[123.]	Want of Water	84
[124.]	Dripping Sheet, substitute for the Half-bath	84
[125.]	Rubbing Sheet, substitute for the Half-bath	85
[126.]	Where there is a will, there is a way	85
[127.]	Prejudice of Physicians against the Water-Cure	86
[128.]	Rebellion!	87
[129.-130.]	Facts	87
[131.]	More Facts!	89
[132.]	Conclusion: Help yourselves, if your physicians will not help you!	90

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