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PEROXIDE OF HYDROGEN. 
able one for treating children, and the combination is pleasant 
and effective. 
Atrophic rhinitis is benefited remarkably by the use of a 40 
per cent, spray. It should be used a few minutes before the 
employment of the usual alkaline, stimulating spray, and the 
powder insufflations. In this way the scabs are loosened, muco¬ 
purulent secretions are dissolved, and a stinking breath is con¬ 
verted into one that is pure and sweet. 
In acute cases of eczema of the leg, we find this agent of the 
utmost value. The tissues are inflamed, hot, swollen and ooz¬ 
ing, the itching is almost unendurable, the odor is offensive. 
To secure the best results the limb is elevated, and a diluted so¬ 
lution of the peroxide is applied frequently, with cheese-cloth, 
gauze or an atomizer. In two or three days a marked change 
for the better will be apparent, the pruritus is allayed, the puru¬ 
lent exudation is checked, and all inflammatory symptoms are 
subsiding. At this stage we begin the use of a soothing oint¬ 
ment, such as the boracic acid or zinc oxide, using lime liniment 
to wash the parts instead of water. Under this treatment, com¬ 
bined with rest, we will see our patient rapidly cured. 
Eczema of the anus will rapidly improve if the fissures are 
touched twice a day with this solution, then dried gently with 
cotton, and a glycerite of lead application made. In nearly 
every form of acute eczema in the first and second stages the 
peroxide will give us the keenest satisfaction. The regular so¬ 
lution is diluted with two or more parts of water. Hydrogen 
peroxide is an excellent anti-pruritic and for this purpose it is 
widely used. 
The haemostatic value of this drug as pointed out by Dr. 
Emerson Brewer of New York, I can endorse. In operations 
on the nose and throat I have upon two occasions been enabled 
to check a persistent haemorrhage, when Monsel’s solution and 
plugging had failed. At present I am in the habit of applying 
the full strength hydrogen dioxide after every operation on 
these parts. It is of special value after sawing out a deviated 
septum. 
For flushing out a mammary abscess cavity this agent is in¬ 
valuable. 
Applied to the cervix uteri, adherent mucous is removed and 
our medications can be applied. 
Where it is inadvisable or impossible to make a complete 
opening of a fissure or abscess, irrigation with the peroxide will 
be found superior to all other antiseptics. 
