Scald of Throat
The throat, especially in the case of children, often gets scalded with warm water or steam. Violent inflamation suddenly takes place, and prevents the air getting into the lungs. Aply leeches to the outside of the throat; purge the patient well with the following mixture--of which we repeat the ingredients. Make two pills, by mixing five grains of calomel, and the same quantity of antimonial powder, with a little bread-crumb, which will be a dose for a full-grown person. Then dissolve an ounce of Epsom salts in a half a point of senna-tea. Take a quarter of the mixture as a dose. Keep the patient constantly sickish by giving ten, fiftee, or twenty drops of antimonial wine-regulating the dose in this, as in all cases, by the age-every hour or two, and continue it until the breathing is ease, or the condition of the patient’s strength tells you to leave off. Antimonial wine depresses the strength very much, and therefore its effects should be closely watched. When the leeches drop off, foment the throat with warm water. Sucking little bits of ice is very useful.
Graham’s Magazine - January, 1857
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