Bedsores

When bed-sores threaten bathe the part with whisky.

In debilitated persons, who lie much in one position, the tissues which cover prominent bones, as, for instance, the hip-bones, are unable to bear the pressure, and become irritable and inflamed, and if care is not taken, gangrenous. All patients suffering from long or severe illnesses should be carefully watched by the nurses who wash them, and the first signs of soreness should be reported to the doctor in attendance. But the nurse must herself begin the treatment. The tender part must be relieved of pressure by means of pillows or pads. Where this cannot be managed a water-bed must be procured. The sore part must be bathed with spirits of wine (or brandy or whisky) if the skin is not broken. If the skin is broken it must be dressed with Hypericum oil.

John Henry Clarke

John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica