Fever nursing : designed for the use of professional and other nurses, and especially as a text-book for nurses in training / by J.C. Wilson.
- Date:
- 1888
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Fever nursing : designed for the use of professional and other nurses, and especially as a text-book for nurses in training / by J.C. Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![use of externa] heat, to anticipate and counteract the early depression which is so grave an element of the disease, a practice very general in the early epidemics in this country, but for a long time strangely overlooked here and altogether neglected abroad. A generous alimentation is to be given from the be- ginning of the sickness. During the continuance of the fever milk, broths, and meat-juices must be admin- istered at regular intervals and kept up during the night. When food cannot be taken by the mouth or is not retained, an attempt should be made to administer nutritious enemata. So soon as he is able to take it, the patient must be allowed an abundance of easily digestible solid food. The appetite is often excellent from the beginning of convalescence. The desire for water must be freely gratified. The use of alcoholic stimulants calls for great judgment on the part of the physician. When there is great prostration, and indeed in most cases, the patient should not be allowed to assume the erect posture, or even to sit up in bed, for fear of his fainting. The room should be darkened, and all noises and other disturbing influences avoided. Delirium, spasms of various muscles, and irritability of the stomach too often in the severe cases render for a time the administration of food and medicines impracti- cable.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21900577_0195.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
