Show DAY DR JAMES W BARTON blisters and pimples on peek FROM time to time you hear the old saying that the best specialty in medicine Is that of the skin specialist because bis patients never die and never get better no worry and a regular income added to this Is the act that if he calls ev ery skin ailment eczema he will ba right in more than half his cases because eczema comprises at least half of all the cases with skin ailments lately there has been much in newspaper and magazine advertisements regarding what is called athletes foot where the skin on and between tho toes becomes reddish white and little pimples or dr barton blisters are present it has been shown to be contagious and in golf athletic and other fresh straw slippers are provided so that the feet may not come in contact with the floors used by those already buffering with this ailment the usual treatment is to keep the feet clean dry the feet thoroughly after washing and the use of various ointments containing mercury salicylic acid and other substances from tonsils and teeth in some cases when there is present on the feet a type of little pustules pus tules pimples containing pus very similar to ringworm on the hands and feet drs G C andrews and G F machacek in archives of dermatology chicago state that some of these eruptions persist da ealta treatment because of infection the infections are located chiefly in the tonsils but also in abscessed teeth conditions such as ulcer of the first or upper part of the small intestine chronic inflammation flam mation of the large intestine and rheumatism arthritis often occur of a total of twenty four patients nine have been entirely cured by the removal of the tonsils ton sils three others were greatly improved after removal of the tonsils but there were slight traces of sc allness or scales on the hands and feet which however caused no inconvenience ono case of interest was where there was some doubt as to the ton sils being the cause but suction of the tonsils pumping them out with a special pump showed that after each suction the skin condition improved when suction was stopped the eruption became worse two weeks after the tonsils were removed there was a complete cure which has lasted two years in this type of infection it is not usually the toes and in between the toes that are affected as is the case with athletes toot or ringworm barbital drags it would seem that almost every week a new drug to ease pain or to cause sleep appears on the market all of which are spoken of as safe because they contain no morphine or other drug containing opium one of the most helpful drugs to ease pain quiet restlessness and induce or bring on sleep is what is known as barbital it is used a great deal in mental institutions and as a means of preventing epilepsy it is the greatest boon yet discovered for this distressing ailment however like other powerful drugs it may be obtained by anybody anytime anywhere and the results in many cases have been disastrous just as morphine and other dangerous drugs must be obtained by a physicians prescription so also should the barbital drugs be obtained mental institutions public and private now have barbital addicts to treat sir william willcox in the journal of the american medical association taken from the british lancet repeats his warning that the barbiturates have a powerful ac tion on the nervous system and that care Is required in their daily use even in the usual doses symptoms such as mental depression drowsiness visions dizziness unsteady gait indistinct speech squint sideways movements of the eyes and paralysis ot the are common results some idea of the way the barbital habit is increasing is shown by the figures of the hospitals in budapest from 1009 to 1914 35 cases of barbital poisoning were admitted while in 1932 one hospital alone admitted 87 cases of barbital poisoning and in addition 80 cases of poisoning from cheno barbital to prevent the overuse of barbital tablets some physicians have powders made up containing ipecac and sugar of milk in addition to the barbital the ipecac produces vomiting if too much be taken the treatment of barbital poisoning consists in washing but the stomach using enemas food by the stomach tube every six hours and full dose strychnine to help fight off the barbital habit the withdrawal of the drug in an institution and the use of strychnine has brought about recovery in a number ot cases 6 bell syndicate service |