ACONITE PLASTER IN RHEUMATISM.

Aconite poisoning in camouflage.

The Toxicology Reference Laboratory has confirmed 10 cases of aconite poisoning from March 2004 to May 2006. In four of these 10 cases, the aconite herb was not listed in the written prescription. We report these four cases to highlight the problem of 'hidden' aconite poisoning.

Aconite Treatment in Acute Dysentery

Dear Sir,?Since Dr. Beafcson, the present Civil Surgeon of Bhagalpore, advise 1 me to use Tinct. Aconite in acute dysentery, I tried it in several cases and met with marvellous results. After administering it for 21 hours according to the mode he instructed me, i. e., one minim every half hour for 8 or 10 hours, and then one minim every hour, I found the blood almost disappeared from the stools...

Rheumatism

IT is natural that a (lisease of the social and econiomic importance of rheumatism should ocCIpy a considerable place in medical literature. Nevertheless, until the last few nears, little of importanice has been adide(d to ourikniowle(dge of this crippling group of dliseases. Significant advances in treatmenit, a closer stu(dy of the composition of synovial fluii(d and(l of the factors wvhich i...

Rheumatism

Rheumatism

To the Editor of " The Indian Medical Gazette." Sir-I shall feel obliged if you will give the following a place in your paper in reply to Dr. Clarke's criticism of my contribution in Rheumatism in August number I was indeed not very particular about the'nomenclature and took it as it was; and I considered it as a certain manifestation attended with pain, incapabilities with certa n tissue chang...