The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised by William Spooner.

Date:
1900
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Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised by William Spooner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FEVER. 15 MEDICATj ])ISEASES. The term ‘slop diet ’ is used to signify any kind of food in a fluid state, as beef-tea, milk, arrowroot, kc. FEVER. 1)Y fever is not meant ague, but a continued state of hot skin, furred or dry tongue, witli very loose or very conlined bowels. d'here are many varieties of fever, but these three may be distinguished without much difficulty:— (1) Simple Fever.—This is a very mild form, and is caused by exposure to cold and wet, by sudden changes of temperature, or by some error of diet. Symptoms are heat of skin, quick pulse, loss of appetite, pains in the limbs, thirst and confined bowels. This state lasts from one to six days, and is often terminated by a profuse sweating which leaves the patient weak but otherwise well. It is not in- fectious. Treatment.—Give your patient a black draught and the fever mixture (No. 2) three times a day, with slop diet. Wlien the fever has left him, give the (piiniiie mixture (Xo. 9) three times a day for a week. (2) Typhoid Fever—sometimes called Enteric or
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