An essay on diabetes / Translated by Alfred Markwick.

  • Bell, H., 1808-
Date:
1842
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Credit: An essay on diabetes / Translated by Alfred Markwick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    bation was its exciting cause. The child was at- tended to, and the medical treatment had the de- sired effect. The treatment of Aqueous Diabetes ought to be founded upon the same principles as that of the other forms of Diabetes. Opium has also in these cases the property of calming the most urgent symptoms, especially diuresis. It may be very advantageously combined with bitters and tonics; animal diet, but less strict than for the other forms, is also attended with favourable results; and we should never de- prive ourselves of this resource. Dr. Venables says he has obtained the greatest benefit from the prepa- rations of iron, especially the proto-carbonate, the phosphate and sesqui-chloride. He combines one of these salts with opium or morphia and ipecacuanha; as an astringent he prefers uva ursi. Dr. Graves has treated this affection with Dover’s powder, in doses of from 40 to 60, and even 150 grains per day, and together with this, warm or vapour baths frequently repeated, in order to re-establish and entertain cu- taneous perspiration. Hygeinic precautions will not be of less service here than in the other species of Diabetes. It is especially by their assistance that we should endeavour to prevent a recurrence of the disease, a circumstance which ought always to be dreaded.
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