Glycerine Ointment for Itch

Penicillin Treatment of Glycerine Vaccine Lymph

Glycerine-Saline for the Preservation of Dysenteric Stools

' It has been found that neutral glycerine-salif16 solution as prepared in military hospitals in this district is unsuitable. The preparation of a buffered glycerine-saline solution containing an indicator is described. There has been an increase in the isolation of organisms belonging to the enteric, dysentery and cholera groups from specimens sent in this solution from out-stations. The solut...

Traditional malian ointment for styes.

Flowering tops of Ageratum conyzoides. Photo by Willcox.

New aspects of itch pathophysiology: component analysis of atopic itch using the 'Eppendorf Itch Questionnaire'.

Itch represents a leading symptom in dermatological practice with many psychophysiological aspects. Instruments for qualitative registration of these central nervous factors and evaluation of therapeutic measures are still missing. We analyzed in detail the subjective itch sensation in 108 patients with acute atopic eczema with a new questionnaire developed in analogy to the McGill pain questio...

Neuropathic itch.

Chronic itch can be caused by dysfunctions of itch-sensing neurons that produce sensory hallucinations of pruritogenic stimuli. The cellular and molecular mechanisms are still unknown. All neurological disease categories have been implicated, and neurological causes should be considered for patients with otherwise-unexplained itch. The same neurological illnesses that cause neuropathic pain can...