Health: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Diet and Sanitary Science, Issue 167, Volume 2'Health' Publishing, 1883 - Diet |
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Page 123 - On the restoration of life, a teaspoonful of warm water should be given; and then, if the power of swallowing has returned, small quantities of wine, warm brandy and water, or coffee, should be administered. The patient should be kept in bed and a disposition to sleep encouraged.
Page 123 - The friction must be continued under the blankets or over the dry clothing. Promote the warmth of the body by the application of hot flannels, bottles or bladders of hot water, heated bricks, &c., to the pit of the stomach, the armpits, between the thighs, and to the soles of the feet.
Page 250 - Authority shall be of opinion, upon the certificate of any legally qualified medical practitioner, that the cleansing and disinfecting of any house or part thereof, and of any articles therein likely to retain infection, would tend to prevent or check infectious...
Page 123 - ... whether on shore or afloat ; exposing the face, neck, and chest to the wind, except in severe weather, and removing all tight clothing from the neck and chest, especially the braces. The points to be aimed at are, first and immediately, the RESTORATION...
Page 345 - the homely Norse features that you find everywhere in the Western Isles, and I thought to myself, ' Well, any one can see that you are an honest, good sort of fellow, made out of oatmeal !'" He resembled the straight-splitting pine, rather than the gnarled oak.
Page 196 - It seems certain that the deaths which occur in this country are fully a third more numerous than they would be if our existing knowledge of the chief causes of disease were reasonably well applied throughout the country...
Page 56 - I've despatched, my dear madam, this scrap of a letter, To say that Miss Lucy is very much better ; A regular doctor no longer she lacks, And therefore I've sent her a couple of quacks.
Page 250 - ... any person who is suffering from any dangerous infectious disorder, and is without proper lodging or accommodation, or lodged in a room occupied by more than one family, or is on board any ship or vessel, may, on a certificate signed by a legally qualified medical practitioner?
Page 207 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Page 251 - While suffering from any dangerous infectious disorder, wilfully* exposes himself without proper precautions against spreading the said disorder in any street, public place, shop, inn, or public conveyance, or enters any public conveyance without previously notifying to the owner, conductor, or driver...