New serum-therapy / [D. Montgomerie Paton].

  • Paton, D. Montgomerie.
Date:
1906
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Credit: New serum-therapy / [D. Montgomerie Paton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    said that she had to give the child at least one drink during the day to relieve her breasts. (256) Mrs. R., aged thirty nine, the mother of nine children, has always had some deficiency in the quality of her milk, but in her last lactation this feature was much worse than usual; there was deficiency in quantity and she was beginning to get run down. Appetite, sleep, and strength were materially affected. The child was three months old. After a month’s treatment with plasma she was thoroughly restored to health, and was able to finish suckling without further use of the remedy, but not so successfully after the plasma was discontinued. (257) Mrs. H., aged twenty-seven, primipara, at the end of four months found that her health was suffering, and that the milk was failing to satisfy the child, who had become fretful and wakeful. She had two 4-ounce bottles of plasma, which restored her health and energy and renewed the normal supply of milk. She had no more at that time, but found two or three weeks later that a further supply of plasma would be required to maintain her health and the normal milk secretion. A third class are not only deficient in quantity, but the character of the milk is such that the child is practically poisoned with it. The health of the mother is generally below normal. In such cases the plasma is best given to the mother. If, however, the mother’s health is good and the milk-supply is plentiful, but the child is unable to digest it, then it is advisable to give the child half doses. As an example of a case which included, at different times, both of these conditions, the following is interesting : (258) Mrs. G, aged twenty-eight; second child, which has had digestive trouble almost from birth, for which the writer had repeatedly to treat him. His mother’s health also was unsatisfactory, as she was not making a good recovery. The mother was then put on plasma, and the effect was at once apparent. The child was satisfied with the milk, and
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