LIVRO Medical, Home Health (English Edition) PDF Petre Tyrik

Treatment.—Rest, heat, and rubbing are the most satisfactory remedies. In stiff neck, rub well with some liniment, as chloroform liniment, and lie in bed on a hot-water bag. Phenacetin or salophen in doses of ten grains, not repeated more frequently than once in four hours for an adult, may afford relief; only two or three doses should be taken in all. In lumbago the patient should remain in bed and have the back ironed with a hot flatiron, the skin being protected by a piece of flannel. This should be repeated several times a day.