A practical essay on typhous fever / By Nathan Smith.

  • Nathan Smith
Date:
1824
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Credit: A practical essay on typhous fever / By Nathan Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    All solid food is injurious, and all sorts of broths prepared from animal substances should be prohibited. : | After the fever has formed a crisis, and the secretions of the mouth have become healthy, the appetite generally returns, and if we then allow the patient to choose for himself what he will eat, and take care that the quantity taken at first is very small, he will not often be in- jured by it. But it is not safe to let patients judge as to the quantity. ‘Their minds are weak, and their appetites strong, and they would, if allowed, often hurt themselves by too much indulgence. With respect to liquids, I have ‘voli let the patient choose for himself, provided he does not select any of the stimulants, such as ardent spirits or strong beer, which, however, is almost never the case. Cold water, or wa- ter acidulated with one of the vegetable acids, small beer or brisk cider are the drinks wiieH are usually preferred. ‘The infusion of the pleasant aromatic herbs may be always allowed.
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