Pertussis treatment with ether

Abstract

Abstracts. Pediatrics. Pertussis treatment with ether. Levy and Shapiro (Archiv. Of Pediatrics, v. XLV, no. 7) used ether for whooping cough on a large material (1 cc of ether daily under the skin) and, based on their observations, came to the conclusion that it is indeed advisable to use ether in severe cases of whooping cough leading to cachexia in children, as in 50% there is a significant; improvement after 1-2 injections. The unpleasant aspect of this method is tissue necrosis at the injection site, observed by the authors in 25% of all cases; these necrosis, however, are not severe, healed within a few days or weeks. Along the way, the authors cite literary data from other American pediatricians, embracing more than 700 cases, and the results of their treatment are much better than those of Levy and Shapiro: necrosis was almost never observed anywhere. Significant improvement occurred in 60-75% after 1-2 injections.

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