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58 TREATMENT OF TYPHOID FEVER three to six drops every four to six hours. It is quicker in its action and of shorter duration, and not altogether so reliable an agent as digitalis. When a very powerful stimulant is needed, there is nothing equal to strychnia given hypodermically. It is a valuable tonic and stimulant, given per orem, where there is not much tendency to diarrhoea. It should be given in i-6oth to 1-30 grain doses every four hours. It is an invaluable remedy in the slow convalesence from typhoid fever. Food should be systematically given every six hours during the first week of sickness—every three hours in day time and every four hours during the night of the second and third weeks. In grave cases where the amount taken at a time is small and prostration extreme, pre-digested food should be given eveiy two hours. The amount of food should be regulated by the digestive powers of the individual. I am of the opinion that fever patients are often over-fed, and that much of the gastric indigestion, diarrhoea, tympanites and other bad symptoms are due to overfeeding. Milk is for many reasons the most reliable article of food. There are many ways in which it may be given. When it disagrees, as it will do in a considerable number of cases, I use soups and broth. The white of egg and water with a little wine or whiskey is usually very well borne and especially good in cases with very irritable stomach. No solid food should be administered during the sickness or for more than a week after the temperature has reached the normal. Rectal alimentation is of great help in cases of irritable stomach or much nausea and vomiting. A cleansing enema of warm soapy water should first be administered. After it is voided, a nutritive enemeta should be given. Inject high up and give no more than four or five ounces of some liquid food that may be easily absorbed, such as liquid peptones, soups, broth or white of egg and water. Milk is not good, as the lower bowel will not digest it. Stimulant and some kinds of medicines are easily given in this way, provided they are well diluted. PROPHYLAXSIS AND DISINFECTANTS. Remove from the sick room, if it can be done, all the unnces-sary furniture, carpets, rugs and bed clothing. Instruct the nurse to open the doors and windows several times a day and air
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-16: Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1902 |
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Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1902 |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 49 |
Page Number | 58 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 58 TREATMENT OF TYPHOID FEVER three to six drops every four to six hours. It is quicker in its action and of shorter duration, and not altogether so reliable an agent as digitalis. When a very powerful stimulant is needed, there is nothing equal to strychnia given hypodermically. It is a valuable tonic and stimulant, given per orem, where there is not much tendency to diarrhoea. It should be given in i-6oth to 1-30 grain doses every four hours. It is an invaluable remedy in the slow convalesence from typhoid fever. Food should be systematically given every six hours during the first week of sickness—every three hours in day time and every four hours during the night of the second and third weeks. In grave cases where the amount taken at a time is small and prostration extreme, pre-digested food should be given eveiy two hours. The amount of food should be regulated by the digestive powers of the individual. I am of the opinion that fever patients are often over-fed, and that much of the gastric indigestion, diarrhoea, tympanites and other bad symptoms are due to overfeeding. Milk is for many reasons the most reliable article of food. There are many ways in which it may be given. When it disagrees, as it will do in a considerable number of cases, I use soups and broth. The white of egg and water with a little wine or whiskey is usually very well borne and especially good in cases with very irritable stomach. No solid food should be administered during the sickness or for more than a week after the temperature has reached the normal. Rectal alimentation is of great help in cases of irritable stomach or much nausea and vomiting. A cleansing enema of warm soapy water should first be administered. After it is voided, a nutritive enemeta should be given. Inject high up and give no more than four or five ounces of some liquid food that may be easily absorbed, such as liquid peptones, soups, broth or white of egg and water. Milk is not good, as the lower bowel will not digest it. Stimulant and some kinds of medicines are easily given in this way, provided they are well diluted. PROPHYLAXSIS AND DISINFECTANTS. Remove from the sick room, if it can be done, all the unnces-sary furniture, carpets, rugs and bed clothing. Instruct the nurse to open the doors and windows several times a day and air |
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Article Title | Treatment Of Typhoid Fever |
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