PLEURISY. — PLEURODYNIA. 277 



AcoisriTE AND Bryonia. — These remedies, in association 

 with blisters and fomentations to the sides of the chest, will 

 suffice to cure the majority of pleuritic cases. I have cured 

 numbers of cases of the disease with Aconite simply ; in the 

 general run of cases, however, the two if given in alternation 

 will prove the best ; use them of the 1st dilution, and administer 

 them each in doses of 2 drachms. The Aconite to be mixed 

 with 8 ounces of water, and the Bryonia with 2 ounces. Give 

 them in alternation every three hours for the first twelve or 

 fourteen hours after the beginning of the attack. It is also 

 good practice to administer Aconite alone for two or three 

 times at the commencement of the malady. 



Blisters. — If the case be a severe one, have recourse to 

 Mustard Blisters without delay, and the proper rule is to con- 

 tinue their use for three or four times in succession, at intervals 

 of three or four hours between each application, or until a 

 decisive effect is produced. Eor proper directions as to the 

 mode of preparing the mustard and applying it to the sides, 

 the reader is directed to pages 159 and 160. 



EoMENTATiONs TO THE SiDES. — Sometimes mustard will 

 not act with any very positive effect until large woollen cloths 

 dipped in hot water have been applied to^the sides. 



An excellent method to freely apply hot water to the sides, 

 is as follows : — procure a large sized woollen rug, which fold 

 into three, lengthways, stitch the folds together in a rough 

 way ; then dip the rug into hot water, then lightly wring it to 

 force out the loose water ; then freely sponge the sides of the 

 chest with hot water, and immediately afterwards apply the 

 wet rug in close contact with the same by passing it under and 

 around the body immediately behind the elbows of the patient. 

 Secure the wet rug by means of a dry rug folded in a similar 

 manner to the former, and placed outside of it, the ends of 



