The Home hand-book of domestic hygiene and rational medicine v. 2, Volume 2Health Publishing Company, 1881 - 1624 pages |
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Page 803
... drinking - Special measures of treatment - To increase the secre- tion of gastric juice - Measures to increase muscular action- Flatulence - Acidity - Vomiting - Constipation - Acute dyspepsia -Simple dyspepsia , or slow digestion ...
... drinking - Special measures of treatment - To increase the secre- tion of gastric juice - Measures to increase muscular action- Flatulence - Acidity - Vomiting - Constipation - Acute dyspepsia -Simple dyspepsia , or slow digestion ...
Page 804
... drinks - 10 . Tobacco - 11 . Depress- ing mental influences - 12 . Heredity - 13 . Prolonged nursing -14 . Climate - Treatment - 1 . to check the fever . - 2 . To im- prove the patient's nutrition - 3 . To arrest night sweats - 4 . To ...
... drinks - 10 . Tobacco - 11 . Depress- ing mental influences - 12 . Heredity - 13 . Prolonged nursing -14 . Climate - Treatment - 1 . to check the fever . - 2 . To im- prove the patient's nutrition - 3 . To arrest night sweats - 4 . To ...
Page 813
... drinking excessive quantities of fluids , injury may be occasioned by the excessive fullness of the blood - vessels . In the op- posite condition the blood becomes thick , and is circulated with diffi- culty . A deficiency in the number ...
... drinking excessive quantities of fluids , injury may be occasioned by the excessive fullness of the blood - vessels . In the op- posite condition the blood becomes thick , and is circulated with diffi- culty . A deficiency in the number ...
Page 850
... drinks , and stimulants and narcotics of all kinds . The idea that animal food is the diet par excellence , and that articles of food of this class may be taken in almost unstinted quan- tities without harm , is a very mistaken one ...
... drinks , and stimulants and narcotics of all kinds . The idea that animal food is the diet par excellence , and that articles of food of this class may be taken in almost unstinted quan- tities without harm , is a very mistaken one ...
Page 851
... drink , may be increased to any extent required by the desires of the patient . It is even advisable to urge upon the patient the importance of drinking daily considerable quantities of pure water , preferably cold water , as warm drinks ...
... drink , may be increased to any extent required by the desires of the patient . It is even advisable to urge upon the patient the importance of drinking daily considerable quantities of pure water , preferably cold water , as warm drinks ...
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Page 1433 - AVOID DELAY. A MOMENT may turn the scale for life or death. Dry ground, shelter, warmth, stimulants, etc., at this moment are nothing — ARTIFICIAL BREATHING IS EVERYTHING — is the ONE REMEDY — all others are secondary. Do not stop to remove wet clothing before efforts are made to restore breathing.
Page 1434 - If the breathing has just ceased, a smart slap on the face, or a vigorous twist of the hair will sometimes start it again, and may be tried incidentally, as may, also, pressing the finger upon the root of the tongue. Before natural breathing is fully restored, do not let the patient lie on his back unless some person holds the tongue forward. The tongue by falling back may close the windpipe and cause fatal choking. If several persons are present, one may hold the head steady, keeping the neck nearly...
Page 1260 - A solution of mercuric chloride containing 13 '55 grms. to the litre, 1 cc =0'1 grm. Hg. The process is founded on the fact that, if a solution of mercuric chloride be added to one of potassic iodide, in the proportion of one of the former to four of the latter, mercuric iodide is formed, and immediately dissolved, until the balance is overstepped, when the red colour is developed ; the final reaction is very sharp, and with solutions properly made is very accurate. The mercuric solution must always...
Page 1432 - ... one, two, three. Replace him on the ground, with his forehead on his flexed arm, the neck straightened out, and the mouth and nose free. Place your elbows against your knees and your hands upon the sides of his chest (Fig.
Page 1334 - Frequent freezing of the diseased parts by means of a mixture of salt and pounded ice, in proportion of one part of the former to two of the latter...
Page 1433 - After breathing has commenced, restore the animal heat. Wrap him in warm blankets, apply bottles of hot water, hot bricks, or anything to restore heat. Warm the head nearly as fast as the body, lest convulsions come on.
Page 1435 - Clear the mouth and throat of mucus by introducing into the throat the corner of a handkerchief wrapped closely around the forefinger ; turn the patient on the back...
Page 1434 - Do NOT GIVE UP TOO SOON. You are working for life. Any time within two hours you may be on the very threshold of success without there being any sign of it.
Page 1432 - RULE 2. — Place the patient face downward, and maintaining all the while your position astride the body, grasp the points of the shoulders by the clothing, or, if the body is naked, thrust your fingers into the armpits, clasping your thumbs over the points of the shoulders, and raise the chest as high as yon can (Fig.
Page 1434 - Before natural breathing is fully restored, do not let the patient lie on his back unless some person holds the tongue forward. The tongue, by falling back, may close the windpipe and cause fatal choking. If several persons are present, one may hold the head steady, keeping the neck nearly straight ; others may remove wet clothing, replacing at once clothing which is dry and warm ; they may also chafe the limbs, and thus promote the circulation. Prevent friends from crowding around the patient and...