Shell-shock and other neuropsychiatric problems

by Elmer Ernest Southard

Impetigo. With cantharides plaster and pomade stibiée.

Intertrigo. (In the infantry.)

Hyperidrosis of feet. Prolonged hot baths. Hot foot baths with excoriation, followed by scratching and covering with linen soaked in urine.

Edema of legs. Constriction.

(In Lombardy, cases due to introduction of equisetum arvense, an astringent herb, by fingers and toes, followed by energetic rubbing.)

Recurrent wounds. (Cover with wax sealed bandages.)

Abscesses. Introduction of septic material. A thread soiled with tartar from teeth is drawn through the skin. Characteristic odor of resulting abscess.

Phlegmons. Subcutaneous introduction of turpentine or petrol.

Paraffine tumors. (Apply heat.)