The doctor at home and nurse's guidebook / edited by George Black.

Date:
1909
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Credit: The doctor at home and nurse's guidebook / edited by George Black. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANOSMIA, MIXTURE FOR See Mixtures. 4N/EMIA, TREATMENT OF The treatment consists of moder- ate exercise every day in the fresh air, and working and living in well- lighted and well-ventilated rooms. The diet should be light and nour- ishing ; a moderate amount of animal food should be taken, but anything which causes indigestion should be avoided. Stimulants should not be resorted to, but a glass of stout with a meal may be bene- ficial. A cold bath in the morning is often of great service, and for those who can afford it a change to the seaside or some place where the air is bracing and refreshing may be very useful. Tonic medi- cines are of great value, especially those which contain iron, which in many cases acts as a charm, al- though its use must be continuously maintained for weeks and even months. A favourite form in which to take it is Blaud’s pills, thrice a day. To counteract the constipa- tion frequently accompanying the use of iron, the'best medicines are an aloes and myrrh pill, or a cap- sule (£ drachm) or tabloid (2 grains) of cascara sagrada. When women are at the same time suffering from over-suckling, it is advisable to wean the child. Hot and crowded rooms should be avoided, and late hours are injurious. Since anaemia may return, every care must be taken to preserve the health when this has been restored. ! AN/ESTHETICS (Greek, a, “ not ” ; aisthesis, “ sensation ”) are drugs employed in major and Z>.H. minor operations for the purpose of producing insensibility to pain. They are of two sorts, general and local. The general include chloro- form, ether, A.C.E. (a mixture of alcohol, chloroform and ether), laughing gas and ethyl chloride. The local are cocaine and eucaine. The action of the former is to render the patient altogether unconscious, whilst that of the latter is to deaden the sense of pain in the part, the patient remaining otherwise con- scious. The practice is to employ an anaesthetist to administer the general anaesthetics, leaving the surgeon entirely free to carry out the operation. Every care is used to examine the fitness of the patient to undergo the drug, and it will de- pend upon the condition of the heart and other organs which anaesthetic is employed. There is no risk in the use of the drugs re- quired to produce local insensi- bility, and they are commonly employed in the minor operations affecting the mouth, eye, ear, nose, and certain mainly super- ficial parts. The discovery of an- aesthetics revolutionized the art of surgery, for they are an inestim- able blessing to operatpr and patient alike. ANASARCA (Greek, ana, “ through ” or “throughoutsarx, “ flesh”). A name given to an accumulation of the watery part of the blood, called serum, in the cellular tissue of the body. It may result from pressure upon the veins in some part of their course, giving rise to excessive accumulation of fluid in the capillary vessels with conse- quent exudation beyond what the absorbent vessels have power to dispose of. c
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