REELEY CUBE. 139 



KEELET CUKE. 



Tss BICHLORIDE OF GOLD TREATMENT. 

 BY CHAUNCEY F. CHAPMAN, M. D., Ph. D, 



CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR IN MEDICINE, COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND 

 SURGEONS OF CHICAGO. MEMBER CHICAGO PATHO- 

 LOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Being determined to find out something definite about the matte* 

 I obtained a position as physician to a gold cure sanitarium at a dis 

 tance from Chicago, and have carefully studied the cure. As I have 

 had personal experience in treating about 300 cases, both in and out of 

 the aforesaid sanitarium, I feel that I am prepared to give you the 

 formula of the gold treatment, which is almost, if not quite, the same 

 in all these institutes, as follows: 



No. 1. Tonic. Known in, the institutes as the " dope." 



K. Aurii et sodii chlorid gr. xii. 



Strychniae nitr gr. i. 



Atropiae sulp gr. . 



Ammonii inuriat gr. vi. 



Aloin gr. i. 



Hydrastin gr. ii. 



Glycerini * . . . . ounce i. 



Exr. fid. Cinchon. comp " iii. 



Ext. fid. Coca. Erythrox " i. 



Aquae dist drachm i. 



M. S. 1 dram at 7, 9, 11 a. m.. at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, p. m. 



No. 2. The injection known in the institutes as the ''shot." 



R. Strychniae nitr gr. 9 1-10 



Aquae destill. ad oz. 4 



Potass, permangan. q. s. to color. 



Misce. Sig. Begin with gtt. 5, which equals gr. 1-40, and in- 

 crease one drop each injection until the physiological effect is pro- 

 duced. Four hypodermic injections to be given daily beginning at 8 

 a. m. then at 12 m., 4 p. m. and 8 p. m. 

 No. 3. Used with No. 2. 



R. Aurii et sodii chlorid gr. 2 J 



Aquae destill ad. oz 1. 



Misce. Sig. gtt. 3, every four hours, in combination with the 

 strychnine solution, for the first four days. 



This last prescription is only used for the moral effect, which is 

 produced in the following manner: Five drops of the strychnine 

 solution are drawn into the syringe, and then three drops of the gold 

 solution are drawn in and mixed. This produces a golden yellow 

 color, to which attention is called, and the patient is further assured as 

 to the reality of the presence of the gold by the stain left on the ski 

 after the hypodermic needle has been removed. 



