The pulse / by W.H. Broadbent ; illustrated with 59 ophygmographic tracings.

  • William Broadbent
Date:
[1899?]
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Credit: The pulse / by W.H. Broadbent ; illustrated with 59 ophygmographic tracings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    the ]:>re.sence of nitrogenised waste of some kind in the blood, the limitation of nitrogenous food cuts off the supply of the irritant. On the same ground milk, eggs, and fish are better than flesh, since they con- tain little of the so-called extractives, which, while giving flavour to meat and soups, yield a minimum of nutrient material, and probably a maximum of waste products. The various meat extracts consist of little more than the extractive matters. All the fuel for the generation of heat and mechanical energy should be applied, as far as possible, in the form of fats, starches, and sugars. Alcoholic drinks are forbidden, or strictly limited, for reasons which need not be here specified. Fresh air and exercise are ordered as promoting complete oxidation of all forms of food and all pro- ducts of tissue metamorphosis. Elimination through the skin is also encouraged. Warm clothing is enjoined, with a pure woollen material of some kind next the skin, for the double purpose of promoting perspiration and reducing to a minimum the physiological arteriole contraction set np by external cold. A warm, dry, equable climate is recommended on the same grounds. Turkish baths, again, when well borne, may be of the greatest service by promoting free cutaneous elimination, but they must be taken with caution and in moderation. All these hygienic measures may be faithfully carried out, and yet the arterial tension may remain at too high a point. The question then arises whether medicinal treatment may not And an opportunity. The mind naturally turns to the physiological relaxants of the arterioles—nitro-glycerine, amyl nitrite, and the nitrites; and great results have been attributed to their employment. In my experience,