| Description Of Item | Pages 519 to 520 from the Medical Times and Gazette, originally published 18 May 1867. Article titled ‘On the Use of Strychnine in Epilepsy’ by Walter Tyrrell, MRCS [Member of The Royal College of Surgeons]. It recommends the use of very small doses of strychnine in treating epilepsy, arguing it acts directly on the seat of convulsions and thus helps control and modify epileptic attacks. It adds that strychnine may be best used in conjunction with other remedies which would act on the ‘causes of [nervous] irritation’ to completely cure the disease. The paper presents several cases successfully treated by Walter Tyrell in this manner. Second article titled ‘On the Pathology of Sympathetic or Inflammatory Fever’ by J H James, FRCS [Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons]; focuses on fevers arising from injuries or diseases.
From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |