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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    are cliiefly afTected, in typhoid the stomach and bowels; in typhus the spots are of a purple colour, are more numerous, and come out in a single crop which lasts till the end—in typhoid they are of a rose-red colour, come out in successive crops which last only a few days, and disappear on pressure. Typhus fever lasts only fourteen days, typhoid never less than three weeks. Treatment.—At once remove the patient from his shipmates and place him in a cool well-ventilated place. Shave the head and apply cold spirit lotions, (let the bowels well open with a dose of castor oil, and keep them open regularly with an occasional rhubarb pill. Give very good nourishing slop-food, and at the end of the first week give G oz. of brandy in the twenty-four hours, increasing it to 12 oz. if the ])ulse is very weak ; but when the tongue becomes soft and less dry, you may knock off half the brandy. Give lemon or lime-juice freely to relieve the thirst, in the proportion of about two ounces to a pint of water, and the stimulant mixture (Receipt No. 8) every four hours. If patient is very restless, a dose of the soothing mixture (Receipt Xo. 4) may be given occasionally at night. Should inflammation of the lungs come on, apply mustard poultices or turpentine fomentations to the chest. During con- valescence give the quinine mixture (Receipt Xo. 9) three times a day. Use disinfectants and free ventila- tion all over the ship.
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