Note 55 — Chapter XLVII · INJURIES AND SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE STOMACH.
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In doubtful cases accompanied by pain it will sometimes be of value to try the effect of orthoform in ¹⁄₂ Gm. doses, to see if it will relieve it. This remedy will not anesthetize nerve endings which are protected by skin or mucous membrane. The fact, then, that it affords relief implies an ulcerated or exposed area.