Apoplexy

— See also, Cerebral Congestion. Aconite: to lower blood-pre ure and prevent further hemorrhage, where pulse is strong and arterial tension high. Arsenic: in cerebral congestion proceeding from apoplexy. Bandaging the limbs. Belladonna. Cactus Grand i flor us: when apoplexy is threatened. Cold Water: to the head when face is congested. Colocynth: as purgative. Croton Oil: as purgative, one drop on back of tongue, or part of drop every hour. Diet and Hygiene, prophylactic: meat and stimulants to be taken very sparingly; exposure to heat, over-exertion, and especially anger, to be avoided. Elaterium: in suppository, or as enema during attack. Electricity: to promote absorption, after partial recovery has taken place. Ice: to head. Mercurial purge. Mustard plaster to feet, or mustard foot-bath, and ice to head, keeping head high and feet low. Nitroglycerin: to le en cerebral congestion. Opium and calomel. Pota ium Bromide: in combination with aconite. Pota ium Iodide: to cause absorption of effused blood. Stimulants: cautiously exhibited, when collapse is present. Strychnine: hypodermically, if respiration fails. Venesection or Leeches: to relieve arterial pre ure when apoplexy is threatening. Veratrum Viride.