An essay on the treatment and cure of pulmonary consumption / by George Bodington; with a preface by Arthur E. Bodington.

  • Bodington George, 1799-1882.
Date:
1906
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Credit: An essay on the treatment and cure of pulmonary consumption / by George Bodington; with a preface by Arthur E. Bodington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    nmg at five or six o'clock in the morning. The wasting, innutrition, and muscular debility, and the accelerated pulse, clearly indicated the necessity of two glasses of wine daily, an egg at eleven o'clock a.m., fresh meat for dinner, tea in the afternoon, and gruel for supper. He took a dose of almond emulsion three times a day ; slept on a flock bed ; and used tepid sponging with vinegar and water every night, whilst he had profuse per- spirations ; bed clothes light. Ma]/ I8tk.—Improved ; cough diminished ; slept well last night ; pulse 80, softer, fuller ; breathing more free ; stronger; expression of countenance much improved ; rode on horse- back six miles ; continue treatment as before. 21 s^.—Rode on horseback; rose at half- past five ; walked out for an hour, to the farm house near, drank a little new milk ; improv- ing ; sleeps well ; appetite better ; pulse 80 ; cough much diminished ; breathing more free ;