Manual of therapeutics / by L. Martinet... Tr., with alterations and additions, by Robert Norton.

  • Louis Martinet
Date:
1832
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Credit: Manual of therapeutics / by L. Martinet... Tr., with alterations and additions, by Robert Norton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    disordering the digestive organs, may prove injurious. Opium is a valuable remedy; but we should be mindful not to give it in too large, or too frequent doses, lest it check the expectoration, and oppress the lungs, through its operation on the brain. To moderate hec- tic symptoms, the sulphate of zinc may be prescribed with advantage. With respect to food, the principal rule is, that it should sup- port, without exciting the constitution: in incipient consumption, a milk and vegetable diet is mostly superior to every other, but in an advanced stage of the disease, animal food, and even ale, when they augment nei: ther the cough nor the fever, may be safely and advantageously given. The threatenings of phthisis are best warded off by a sea voy- age, flannel clothing, cold or tepid sponging, moderate exercise, especially on horseback, a nutritious diet, and residence in a mild at- mosphere. When this disease has become established, removal into a warmer climate can no longer prove beneficial, and is often injurious.] o
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