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Show EXPERIENCES WITH SCOTT'S EMULSION DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS By DR. MED. C. KABISCH, FRANKFORT O.M. It is a well-known fact that for ages cod-liver oil has played an important part in children's practice. It would be still more extensively used did not cod-liver oil possess several objectionable properties which often put the little patient entirely off taking it. Above all, to many children, its absolutely repulsive taste and smell and the frequently noticed digestive troubles occasioned by it, often prevent the use of the ordinary, pure cod-liver oil. Every medical practitioner knows the troublesome disorders, those of the gastro-intestinal canal in particular, often brought about by the use of pure cod-liver oil. Now the bad taste and smell can be met by the addition of suitable ingredients, and the digestive difficulty can be overcome by the emulsifii ation of the' oil, and this with so much more certainty; the smaller the globules are broken up and the longer the emulsion will keep. It is evident that the finer the cod-liver oil is emulsified, the mere easily can it be attacked by the gastric juices, thus passing more readily through the stomach than when administered in solid doses of larger or smaller bulk. For a number of years past I have been occupied in thoroughly testing, on a large number of patients, the different cod-liver oil preparations and their substitutes,. espeeialLy those placed on the market in the form of an emulsion, and I have found that one of the best and most serviceable preparations is Scott's Emulsion, so that one can only regret that this preparation is almost more widely introduced among: ordinary people than among medical men. I am anxious to substantiate my good opinion of this preparation by a number of cases. Case i. Child A. and S.S.,6 months and i f years old respectively, born of tuberculous parents, suffering severely from rickets and from weeping eczema, covering the whole face and a great part of the body. Pure cod-liver oil, oil of sesame and several cod-liver oil substitutes were used without success. I placed a few bottles of Scott's Emulsion at the parents' disposal. After three months' treatment the result was as follows:-The eczema had disappeared with the exception of a few small patches, the glandular swellings on the neck had practically subsided, and M. both children showed a decided increase in weight, in consequence, no doubt, of the considerably improved appetite. The elder child, previously unable to raise itself in bed, began to stand on its legs, and after another four weeks was already able to walk a few steps. To-day, after about one year's use of '' I Scott's Emulsion, the two children are hardly recognisable, they are both able to walk, have a sound, normal appetite, and a good colour. Case 2. Child B. H., 2J years old, a boy suffering from rickets and scrofula (also born of sick parents) who had no power at all in his (totally) bandy legs, not even when the mother tried to lead him by the hand. With the help of Scott's Emulsion we succeeded after about eight weeks in making • the boy walk. By giving brine baths, massage and moderate application of splints the pronounced curve of the legs gradually disappeared. The other rickety and scrofulous symptoms were, in the course of one year, also overcome to such an extent that the child, who in the meantime had reached the age of four ' years, gives evidence of being strong and healthy. C a s a j . Child H.N., 2 years old, healthy from birth and well developed, last year coi.tracted so severe pneumonia that, for several weeks, there was little hope of saving him. Nevertheless, we succeeded in saving the child's life; but for months we had to combat the after-effects of the illness, which occasioned almost more serious difficulties than the 1 |
