Sea-sickness, its true cause and cure / by H. Norman Barnett.

  • Barnett, H. Norman (Henry Norman), 1872-
Date:
1907
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    and next day, if anything, got worse. This was in the early days of my experience of sea-sickness, and I tried one after another of the various drugs recommended, without any good result. I now saw that the woman was in a most serious con- dition, and if nothing could be done that she would probably die. She already felt labour pains coming on. I had her removed to a large saloon cabin—she was a second-class passenger—and gave her rational medicinal treatment. She reacted almost at once, and began to improve: retching ceased, and she became quiet; fear and distress passed away, and sleep ensued. Labour went on satisfactorily, though it was a tedious case, with breach presentation. The child only lived for about twelve hours, but the mother, though very weak, made an uninterrupted recovery. I will relate one more case where bromide did little good, but which is an example of the seventh proof given above of the origin of the disorder—that on cessation of the motion symptoms disappear at once. W. A , a young lady in splendid health, took vio- lently ill. The symptoms were of a severe type, especially headache, giddiness, and retching. Nothing would remain in the stomach, and as the condition was prolonged, owing to a continuance of rather bad, though not severe, weather, prostration and great depression resulted. No drug seemed to be of the slightest service, and I was at my wits’ end what to do. Fortunately, the girl was strong, or serious consequences might have resulted. At last we ran into port, and a short time afterwards I went to see how my prostrate patient w7as, and found her combing out her hair, her best frock spread out in