The renewal of life : arguments for subcutaneous injections of oil in the cure and prevention of senility and disease; for the making of the acme of abundant health, stamina, vigor, vitality and constitution; for the cure of consumption and other diseases, particularly those of a chronic nature / by Thos. Bassett Keyes.
- Keyes, Thomas Bassett
- Date:
- 1909-10
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The renewal of life : arguments for subcutaneous injections of oil in the cure and prevention of senility and disease; for the making of the acme of abundant health, stamina, vigor, vitality and constitution; for the cure of consumption and other diseases, particularly those of a chronic nature / by Thos. Bassett Keyes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![his left side only, because of shortness of breath and cough, and on this side there was a bed sore. After- nooi; temperature 100. Normal weight 147 pounds; weight at beginning of treatment 1271/^ pounds. He had no appetite and could not be persuaded to eat. He lived on six cold storage eggs a.day, which produced cramjDS and diarrhoea, but persuasion as to a suitable diet produced nothing but promises to do better. His limbs were swollen. A patient advanced to this de- gree was beyond any hope, but he desired treatment. He was treated one month with the subcutaneous in- jections of oil in doses varying from a drachm to an ounce, and during this time he improved so much in nutrition that the bed sore healed, and the swelling seemed to diminish some from his feet. He gained some five pounds in flesh, but taking cold there was not enough lung tissue left to aerate the blood and he died. It must be admitted, all things considered, that the subcutaneous injections of oil influenced the dis- ease toward recovery. Such a case as this if taken earlier could certainly have been cured. If he had been treated by this method instead of going to Ari- zona two years previous, he would have been well and free from the disease. SUMMARY. In summary then we may say, in view of the facts, that we have demonstrated the correctness of the the- ories here presented and that: 1. Subcutaneous injections of oil do cure com sumption, and repair great tissue destruction of the lungs. 2. That the ])atient cured will remain well, pro- viding that he continues the eating of fats. It is a good rule not to let a meal go by without taking fat](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2121671x_0220.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
