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Credit: Saline therapy / by Carl von Noorden. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![consisted of larg-e amounts of food, containing much fat finely distributed. At times extract of belladonna was also administered. At the expiration of two months the patient had gained ten pounds; after four months twenty pounds. At the end of the fourth week the subjective symptoms were essentially relieved. An after-cure in Kissingen, lasting about four weeks, did away with the last rem- nant of the patient’s distress and restored him to com- plete and permanent health. The analyses of the stomach contents gave the fol- lowing results: February 2, 1895. Total acidity, 0.03 per cent. Hydrochloric acid reaction very strong; no lactic acid. From this time on Kissingen Rakoczy water was given. On the days on which the gastric contents was aspirated no Rakoczy was given, or it was given after the lavage had been performed. Feb. 4, 1895- Total acidity, 0.28 per cent. ' Hydrochloric “ 6, ( it “ 0.30 “ acid reaction “ II. «c “ 0.22 “ strong: no lac- “ 21, (( t ( “ 0.15 tic acid. - Hydroch 1 oric March i, 1 ( < < “ 0.12 acid reaction “ 4. 1 t * “ 0.12 “ negative; no lactic acid. The use of Kissingen water was stopped. March 12, 1895. Total acidity, 0.16 per cent. March 12, 1895. Total acidity, 0.16 per cent. ) t^y<iroch] oric “ je •• n “ o 16 “ f acid reaction ) negative.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21973520_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
