Report on the experience of medical men who have used 'pancreatic emulsion of fat' / by Horace Dobell.
- Dobell, Horace Benge, 1828-1917.
- Date:
- 1867
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report on the experience of medical men who have used 'pancreatic emulsion of fat' / by Horace Dobell. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![rtve you found that : ienta can take the lulsion when they iLinot take Cod-liver ? i in every case. generally, though mae preferred Cod- <ver Oil. 5.—What is your opinion of the effects of the Emulsion in:—1. The true first stage of Con- sumption (Pre-tubercu- lar] ? 2. The stage of Tuberculisation ? 3. The stage of Softening? 1. The stage of Excava- tion? 1, 2. When it can be home by the stomach, benefit has in most cases followed, using large doses. 3, 4. A decided opinion cannot be given, for the reason that in these stages I have not been able to prevail upon patients or their fi-iends to continue its use for a length of time suffi- cient to test its pro- perties. 2, 3. Good in both. 1. In two coses the patients are now quite well. 2. Two still Hnder treat- ment. In the last stages. Thi'ee dead. I have only experience of its use in the soften- ing stage. But I should thmk it very useful in the eai'lier periods, and shall not fail to make a trial of it. 1. Decidedly beneficial. 2. Do. do. 3. Nil. except in three oases, which were bene- fited. 4. Nil. 1. Not had the oppor- tunity of trying it. 2, 3, 4. It improves the strength, and renders the expectoration more healthy and less copious. GENERAL EEMARKS. I have found it equally beneficial in cases of wasting in poor children. And in one case of malignant disease of the pancreas—female, aged forty-five— where large masses of fatty-looking matter passed in the stools, and there was great wasting of the body, the patient improved much in general con- dition under the use of the Emulsion, and the fatty matter ceased to pass in the stools in a rapid manner. {See Report of case, p. 20.) I think it a splendid invention. I consider the Emulsion a valuable addition to the nutiitive agents required in the treatment of phthisis, and it is specially useful in cases where Cod-liver Oil cannot be taken. No remarks. The Pancreatic Emulsion seems to give general satis- faction and benefit, which is a great consideration, because there are many persons who cannot take Cod-liver Oil. I have reeommended its use in three cases in second stage (softening.) (1.) Mrs. , thirty-five, had two children ill two years. After taking Emulsion six weeks, gained 3i lbs.; cough and other symptoms much improved. (2.) Miss , twenty-eight, ill one year and a half has taken Emul,sion two months, with diminution of cough and expectoration. (3.) Miss , stnmious abscesses, and softening of both lungs; loss of strength, appetite, and weight. Has taken Emulsion eight weeks, with decided advantage over Cod-liver Oil. All sjrmptoms better. Intends to continue Emulsion. 4th case. Mrs. , twonty-seven ; five children; could not take Cod-liver Oil; it deranged digestion. Has taken Emulsion one month, with gieat benefit; increase of weight and bulk. Cough much better, and feels sti-ongcr. 6th ea.sc. Mr. W , the most marked of all (stage of excavation.) aft*r a long course of Emulsion, lie now attflnds regularly to his duties, as foreman in the fitting-shop of the Great Eastern Railway.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22282233_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
