The principles of treatment and their applications in practical medicine / by J. Mitchell Bruce.

  • John Mitchell Bruce
Date:
1899
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    Tea (four hours after Luncheon).—A single small cup of tea or cocoa as at breakfast. Bread and butter or biscuit as at breakfast. Dinner (two hours after Tea). As at Luncheon; but four courses allowed. Custards boiled or baked, apples stewed with saccharin, other fruits stewed with sodium bicarbonate, cream very sparingly. Savouries very carefully ordered. For dessert: banana, almonds. One or two glasses of dry natural sherry. Half a tumbler of water at the end of the meal. To be avoided: soups, as well as the articles forbidden at luncheon. 2. In the advanced stage of actual ohstruction at the 2yylorus.— Peptonised milk, peptonised cereal preparations, eggs, meat- teas and -essences. If these be rejected or disagree, feed j^cr rectum (p. 476). Selection of preparations for rectal alimenta- tion : see Gastric Ulcer, page 493. Medicines.—Various gastric disinfectants: See Chronic Gastric Indigestion, page 469. For severe pain: A gastric anodyne: (1) IjL Liquoris Morphina^ Hydrochloridi n]_xx-xl, Aquse Camphorae li. [U.S.P. 1^ Morphinae Hydrochloratis gr. ^-|-, Aqute Camphorae 3ii, Aquae DestillataB ad gi.] When required. (2) Morphine hypodermically.—For attacks of severe vomiting: Various gastric sedatives (p. 478): (1) ^ Bismuthi Subuitratis gr. xx. To be given at once in water or milk. (2) IjL Bismuthi Subnitratis gr. xx, Acidi Hydrocyanic! Diluti lT\^iii, Tincturae Cardamomi Compositae 5i, AquiV Chloroformi ad si. [U.S.r. ^ Bismuthi Subnitratis gr. xx, Acidi Hyih^o- cyanici Diluti Tinctune Cardamomi Composite^ 3i, Aqua3 Chloroformi oiv, Aqu£e Destillata^ 3iii.] At once, and repeated every three hours if necessary. (3) ]i Sodii Bicarbonatis gr. XV, Spiritus Ammoniae Aromatic! n]^xx. Aquae Chloroformi ad Si. [U.S.P. 1^ Sodii Bicarbonatis gr. xv, Spiritus Ammonias Aromatici Tl]^xx, Aquas Chloroformi oiv, Aqua; Destillati^ oiv.] At once, and repeated if necessary in an hour. (4) Antacid lozenges; see page 469. (5) When associated with pain, see above.—Nervo-muscular tonics of the gastric walls for regular use (p. 474): (1) ^ Liquoris Strychninas Hydrochloridiiii^iv, Acidi Nitro-hydrochlorici Diluti Tincturce Aurantii iT|^xxx! Aquae Chloroformi ad §i. [U.S.P. 1^ Strychnine Hydro- chloratis gr. ^1^, Acidi Nitro-hydrochlorici Diluti ii]_x. Tine-