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TREATMENT 



exercise ; (4) stimulation of the circulation by massage, 

 passive movements, and sanitary gymnastics. Pacini's 

 Method. See Artificial Respiration. Parsons' 

 Method, treatment of carcinoma of the cervix uteri 

 by the use of the interrupted galvanic current. T., 

 Pavy's, for diabetes consists in a dietary the main 

 points of which are avoidance of sugar, starches, milk, 

 all kinds of pastry and puddings, and fruits, both fresh 

 and preserved. T., Payne's, of Lupus erythematosus ; 

 it consists in the topical application daily of sali- 

 cylic acid y 2 dram, and collodion I ounce. T., 

 Pirogoff s Camphor, a method of treating erysipelas ; 

 the patient takes every hour or two hours 3 grains of 

 powdered camphor, and drinks large quantities of 

 hot tea, to promote perspiration. T., Pneumatic, of 

 asthma, consists in the inhalation of compressed air. 

 Politzer's Method, a method of inflating the middle 

 ear for middle-ear disease. The exit-tube of a rubber 

 bulb is introduced into one naris, while the other is 

 occluded, and the patient swallows a little water held 

 in the mouth as the bulb is compressed. T., Pro- 

 chownik's, of asphyxia neonatorum. The child is 

 held inverted by the feet, and compression of the chest 

 is practised. Reid's Method : 1. The reducing of 

 dislocations of the hip by manipulation. 2. The use 

 of the Esmarch bandage and tube in the treatment of 

 aneurysm. Richet's Method of treating tubercu- 

 losis consists in the hypodermatic injection of 

 the serum of dogs' blood. Ricord's Method of 

 treating syphilis ; a course of mercury for six months, 

 followed by a three months' course of iodid of 

 potassium. T., Roberts', for diabetes, consists in 

 avoidance of all saccharine or farinaceous foods, the 

 livers of all animals or shell-fish, all sweet fruits, 

 and sweet wines. T., Roussel's, of tuberculosis ; 

 by hypodermatic medication only, with the desire to 

 save the stomach for food -purposes. Various sub- 

 stances dissolved in sterilized olive-oil are injected, 

 as follows: eucalyptol, 25 in 100; turpentine, 15 in 

 100; metallic iodin 2 to 5, eucalyptol 5 to 10, oil 

 IOO ; iodoform 2, eucalyptol 5, oil 1 00 ; camphor 

 10, eucalyptol IO, oil 100 ; paraldehyd 5 to 10, oil 

 100 ; crystallized carbolic acid 5 to 20, eucalyptol IO, 

 oil 100. The dose is always 15 minims. T., Salis- 

 bury, for obesity, consists in a diet of beefsteak and 

 hot water. Satterthwaite's Method. See Arti- 

 ficial Respiration. Sayre's Method for treating lateral 

 curvature of the spine ; suspension of the patient for 

 the purpose of extension during the application of a 

 plaster-of-Paris jacket. Scarenzio's Method of 

 treating syphilis ; by subcutaneous injections of calomel 

 suspended in glycerin and mucilage of acacia. The 

 amount injected varies from 3^ to 2 grains once or twice a 

 week, suspended in IO or 12 drops of the vehicle used. 

 The site of the injection may be the sides of the chest, 

 the belly, or the depression in the buttocks, an inch 

 behind the posterior border of the great trochanter. 

 Abscesses may develop at the point of injection. 

 Schatz's Method of converting a face-presentation into 

 a vertex -presentation. It is done by external manipu- 

 lation only. His manuever consists in restoring the nor- 

 mal attitude of the body by flexing the trunk, and leaving 

 the head to spontaneously resume its proper position as 

 it sinks into the pelvis. It is performed by seizing the 

 shoulder and chest with the hand through the abdomi- 

 nal walls; then lifting the chest upward and pressing 

 it backward, at the same time steadying or raising the 

 breech with the other hand applied near the fundus, 

 so as to make the long axis of the child conform to 

 that of the uterus, and, finally, pressing the breech 

 directly downward. As the child is raised, the occiput 

 is allowed to descend, and then, as the body is bent 



forward, head-flexion is produced by the resistance 

 of the lateral walls of the pelvis. This maneuver is 

 only applicable before the rupture of the membranes. 

 Schede's Method, a method of obtaining healing in 

 cases of operations upon bones and other structures 

 which leave cavities that cannot be obliterated. It aims 

 at union under a moist blood-clot. Ordinary chemic anti- 

 septics are used ; wads of sublimate-cotton wrapped in 

 mull and kept in sublimate-solution are used in place 

 of sponges. During the operation the wound is 

 washed out with sublimate-solution every live minutes. 

 All bleeding vessels are tied, the wound, thoroughly 

 irrigated, first with 5 per cent, carbolic solution, 

 then with the bichlorid of mercury lotion, closed 

 by relaxation sutures of silk or silver and a continuous 

 catgut suture, and dressed with protective or gutta- 

 percha tissue, 10 per cent, iodoform -gauze wrung out 

 in 5 per cent, carbolic lotion, and a moss pillow. T., 

 Schott's, of heart-disease ; saline or carbonated baths 

 at from 86 to 92 F. for 5 to 7 weeks ; systematic 

 exercise — flexion, extension, and rotation — resisted by 

 another person. Schrceder's Method. See Arti- 

 ficial Respiration. Schroth's Method of treating 

 obesity consists in the exclusion, as far as possible, 

 of water or fluid in any form. Schultz's Method. 

 See Artificial Respiration. T., Schuster's, of syph- 

 ilis ; it consists in inunction of the skin with a mercurial 

 soap. A good lather is made with water, and this is 

 allowed to dry on the skin, upon which it le.-n 

 thin film of mercury. If applied too freely it may 

 cause dermatitis. Schwalbe's Method of treating 

 reducible hernia;; injection of alcohol with a Pi 

 syringe. Schweninger Cure for obesity; the same 

 as Oertel's method (0. v.), with the sole modification 

 of the forbidding of any fluid at meals. T., See's 

 (Germain), of obesity; he advises a regime of al- 

 buminoids and fats, together with a great quantity 

 of drink, especially of warm, aromatic fluids. Hoi 

 tea is the beverage he especially favors. Alcoholic 

 drinks are strictly interdicted. T., Seegen's. 

 diabetes, consists in the avoidance of farinaceous food 

 of all kinds, sweet fruits, sugar, and all sweet wines 

 and syrups. He allows shell-fish and berries. T., 1 

 Seibert's, for diphtheria: the application of pulverized 

 sodium chlorid to the membrane twice daily until it ! 

 becomes, as it were, " corned." T., Setter's, a method 

 of treating pulmonary tuberculosis by inhalation ol the 

 fumes of hydrofluoric acid. T., Shurly-Gibbes', 

 of tuberculosis. Hypodermatic injection of solu 

 in glycerin of either iodin or gold and sodium chl 

 or both in alternation, in conjunction with chlorin- 

 inhalations. The commencing dose of the ii 

 solution should be about ^ of a grain, gradual 

 creased to ]/ 2 or 1 grain ; that of the gold salt ^ of a 

 grain gradually increased to | or \ of a grain. Simp- 

 son's Method of treating placenta pravia; complete 

 separation of the placenta. Small's Method <! 

 tension of the thigh; it consists in the applicatii 

 a wicker-work sheath like the " Indian linger.' 

 which the extension is made. Smith's (Tyler 

 Method of treating uterine inversion ; by distending 

 the vagina with an inflated rubber bag, after havinj 

 plied massage to the uterus for IO days. "String' 

 Method; the method of dilating a strictured canal 1 

 passing a strand of braided silk through and drawing il 

 back and forth. Abbe operated by this means in a Cts 

 of stricture of the esophagus, by performing esophi 

 omy and gastrotomy and passing the thread throughti 

 stricture by means of a thin bougie. Sylvesters 

 Method. See Artificial Respiration. Thin's Method 

 of treating bromidrosis. It consists in shaking I 

 powdered boric acid into the socks and stockings, < h 



