Pericarditis

— See also, Endocarditis. Aconite. Alcohol: sometimes very useful. Aspiration, gradual, if exudation threatens life. Bleeding. Blisters: near heart. Bryonia: useful in exudation. Calomel and Opium: formerly much used. Digitalis: when heart is rapid and feeble with cyanosis and dropsy. Elaterium. Ice: bag over the precordium. Iodides. Iodine. Iron. Jalap. Leeches. Mercury. Oil Gaultheria. Opium: in grain doses every three to six hours, very useful. Poultice. Quinine. Sal i form in. Sodium Salicylate. Squill. Veratrum Viride.