Medical hints for the hills / by S.O. Bishop.

  • Bishop, S. O.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Medical hints for the hills / by S.O. Bishop. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    about this time of year relaxed and yourself below par, have a tonic in time. I believe with judicious care, a great deal of this troublesome complaint might be avoided; anyhow, kept in check by suitable precautions as above mentioned. This bill diarrhoea is, I think, somewhat analagous to the summer diarrhoea met with in practice at home. * Of late years the treatment of hill diarr- hoea has become better understood, and t]ie liver complication recognised; so it is not such an endless trouble as it used to be. Some people formerly could not get rid of it without going to the plains. The treat- ment consists in stimulating the liver with suitable remedies to increase the flow of bile. This will help the dyspepsia, allay the sick- ness, and decrease the symptoms. At the same time, bland nourishment must be given consisting of the lightest of food; in fact, at the outset meat should not be taken at all, Prevention, Treatment, Treatme nt.
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