A NEURALGIA CURE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2400, 26 November 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

A NEURALGIA CURE.

One of the best remedies for neuralgia is quinine. In all cases in which there is any suspicion of ague, or when the patient is residing in a district where ague is prevalent, this is the remedy to give. It is indicated, too, when the attacks come on at regular intervals, it has long been recognised that quinine readily controls that form of neuralgia in which the pain is experienced at a spot just above one or other of the eyebrows. Quinine, to do any good in neuralgia, must be taken in fairly large doses—thus, two tablespoonfuls of strong quinine mixture should be taken every four hours. Some chemists now keep live-grain quinine pills, made up with a drop or two of syrup, and, by many, these will be preferred to the mixture; one should be taken every four hours. Quinine is said to control neuralgia and ordinary faceache more effectively when the powder is taken in small quantities every few minutes—as much, for instance, as will adhere to the tip of the finger dipped in the powder. We need hardly point out the importance of getting your quinine pure. The three great indications for the use of quinine are—(l) suspicion of ague ; (2) paroxysm being periodical ; (3) paiu being experienced chiefly over eyebrow. In the very obstinate cases of neuralgia, which have resisted all other treatment, the Germans often give what we consider enormous doses of quinine—from forty grains to two drachms a day'.