Volume 1

Medical essays / by T.R. Allinson.

  • Allinson, T. R. (Thomas Richard)
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Medical essays / by T.R. Allinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be taken at each meal. This diet must be persevered in until a cure is affected. Pork and veal must be banished. Exercise must be taken daily. Ladies should learn to walk four or six miles a day, whilst men may walk from eight to twelve. Fresh air should be had whenever possible; and the skin should be kept open by a daily dry rub and a weekly hot bath. These means, if properly carried out, will quickly cure. Beware of drugs, they do not cure, but produce other diseases as well. I have some strong words to say about drugs ; one case of eczema I saw had been treated with arsenic until the nails dropped off. Others have injured their stomachs and intestines by the arsenic or mercury taken, and will require many years of careful living before they can get their systems into good health again. Keep the affected part as dry as possible, do not allow water to touch the part. If the irritation is great, a little unsalted lard may be rubbed on the part.
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