The domestic medical and surgical guide for the nursery, the cottage, and the bush1860 |
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Page 7 - ... and the whole machinery of the inward man is forced into sluggish operation when the vital powers are at the lowest ebb ; the brain, feverish and disturbed, sends forth startling visions and horrifying dreams until morning dawns, when the haunted imagination recovers itself, and is conscious of the mental and bodily vigour being rather exhausted than refreshed by the night's turmoil.
Page 12 - Moreover, the bitter principle of hops confers on beer tonic properties. " From these combined qualities beer proves a refreshing and salubrious drink (always presuming that it is used in moderation), and an agreeable and valuable stimulus and support to those who have to undergo much bodily fatigue.
Page 6 - Milk diet is ordered when it is necessary to support the system with the least possible stimulus or excitement. It is well adapted for inflammatory diseases of the chest, of the stomach, bowels, and bladder. After bleeding from any internal part, when the powers of life have been gradually exhausted, a light diet is very beneficial ; it is also considered a preventive and curative of gout. In the diseases of children, especially those of a scrofulous nature, it is highly recommended. Low Diet. —...
Page 147 - Sea. 1. All passengers who shall not be prevented by sickness or other sufficient cause, to be determined by the surgeon, or in ships carrying no surgeon, by the master, shall rise not later than seven o'clock am, at which hour the fire shall be lighted. 2. It shall be the duty of the cook or cooks appointed under the thirty-ninth section of the said Passengers Act, 1855...
Page 22 - Rasp with a quarter of a pound of sugar, the rind of a fine juicy lemon ; reduce the sugar to powder, and pour on it the strained juice of the fruit ; press the mixture into a jar, and when wanted for use dissolve a tablespoonful of it in a glass of water ; it will keep a considerable time. If too sweet for the taste of the drinker, a very small portion of citric acid may be added when it is taken.
Page 147 - ... proper hours, in an order to be fixed by the master. 3. When the passengers are dressed, their beds shall be rolled up. 4. The decks, including the space under the bottom of the berths, shall be swept before breakfast, and all dirt thrown overboard.
Page 2 - The higher mortality of English women by consumption may be ascribed partly to the in-door life which they lead, and partly to the compression, preventing the expansion of the chest, by costume. In both ways...
Page 6 - ... fever after serious accidents, operations, and after childbirth, a low diet is absolutely necessary, consisting principally of slops, such as tea, weak broth, barley-water, and toast-water. Small quantities of milk and farinaceous matters, in the shape of gruel and arrowroot, are sometimes added. Full or Common Diet. — On many occasions, where it is desirous to restore or support the powers of the system, patients are permitted to satisfy their appetites with plain vegetable and animal food....
Page 13 - ... and pernicious agency. Tobacco disorders the assimilating functions in general, but particularly, as I believe, the assimilation of the saccharine principle. I have never, indeed, been able to trace the development of oxalic acid to the use of tobacco...
Page 128 - by pouring a little hot water into it, then put a small quantity of finely-ground linseed meal into the basin, pour a little hot water on it, and stir it round briskly until you have well incorporated them; add a little more meal and a little more water, then stir it again. Do not let any lumps remain in the basin, but stir the poultice well, and do not be sparing of your trouble. If properly made, it is so well worked together that...