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53° the charlotte medical journal. ginning of both organic and functional changes which may go on rapidly or slowly. Frequent intoxication develop imbecility and marked dementise. In closing his article he emphasizes these prominent facts : 1. Intoxication from alcohol to the extent of coma, with profound relaxation of all the functional activities of the body, is often a serious injury to the brain and nerve centers, and is followed by neuroses and organic change. 2. The significance of alcoholic intoxication in the study of obscure diseases can not be overstated. It may be both an active and an exciting cause, and should always be considered in neuro-psychopathies or other disorders that follow. 3. Intoxication at puberty and in middle life is often the starting point of a circle of disease which is usually ascribed toother causes. 4. Intoxication always predisposes to the diseases of inebriety from alcohol or opium, which may come on suddenly at any time in after life. 5. Poisoning from alcohol is far more serious than supposed, both in ifs effects and the neuroses which follow. Care of the Aged. This is a most important subject and demands an earnest consideration. There appears in the Medical Age a short instructive article from the pen of Ewing Marshall. We kindly abstract some of the leading points. The number of years, he says, a man or woman has lived is no criterian as to his or her physical condition. The French adage that "A Man is as old as his Arteries tells the Story." He speaks wisely when he says temperance through youth and maturity predispose to longevity. Those longest-lived, he notices, have been partakers of liquors in great moderation, especially of wines with their meals. Contrary to the general opinion of medical men, this writer says that he is convinced that moderation in the use of liquor certainly does not diminish the chances for longevity. Further, he says, the temperate use of liquor has seemed to predispose not only to longevity but also to useful old age. As long as the mind and body have systematic use so long will their condition be predisposed to health. Mental and physical exercise alike should be used but not abused. As to diet, no iron-clad rules can be laid down. There should be no immediate change in the life of those advanced in years. If they have been total abstainers all their lives and from one cause or another have no appetite, it would not be wise to resort to stimulants to create a false appetite. He says all stimulants to the aged should be given guardedly, also strychia and the like for the brittle vessels of the aged cannot endure to sudden tension. Hemorrhage into the brain or elsewhere is often superinduced by such measures. The aged like, children, should be given as little in the way of drugs as possible. Drastic purgatives are contraindicated. Salines act best. Sudden changes in altitude are dangerous. Cleanliness in the aged, like children, is of great benefit. Sleep, the great restorer, has more to do with longevity than any one thing. Other things being equal, a good sleeper will outlast in any trial of life. Tubercular Peritonitis. The general circulative and alimentary canals are the two canals which frequently carries the infection. Tuberculosis of the vagina and ovary are extremely rare diseases. The lymphatic glands are also responsible for the carrying of the infection to the peritoneum. A good example of this can be seen when we find a tubercular pleura as the primary focus. The disease usually sets in with fever, abdominal tenderness and the usual symptoms of an ordinary peritonitis. The chronic variety is gradual in its onset and so slow in its development that it may give rise to no symptoms. Enlargement of the abdomen may be the first symptons noticed. Along with this there may be severe pains, with intermissions of comparative comfort. One of the most important symptoms is an irregular elevation of temperature, though at times the temperature may be normal or subnormal. As the disease progresses digestive disturbances are conspicuous. Loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, and diarrhoea or constipation. To make an absolute diagnosis of tubercular peritonitis resort must be had to the use of the microscope or on inoculation experiments. Oehler, who has had a large experience with outdoor patients of this kind, says that the diagnosis is comparatively easy when there is loss of weight, cachexia, slight fever, occasional diarrhoea, enlarged abdomen, in which the presence of fluid and at times of small nodular tumors can be determined. Pigmentation of the skin, especially that, of the face has been repeatedly observed in tubercular peritonitis. The prognosis of this disease until recently has been very +Abstract of a paper in the
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-21: Charlotte Medical Journal [1892-1921] |
Document Title | Charlotte Medical Journal [1892-1921] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Absorbed Carolina medical journal in 1908 and continued its vol. numbering with v. 58. Vol. 4, no. 3 (Mar. 1894) misnumbered as v. 4, no. 5. |
Publisher | Charlotte, N.C. : Blakey Print. House, 1892-1921. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1901 |
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Language | English |
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Document Title | Charlotte Medical Journal [1892-1921] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Absorbed Carolina medical journal in 1908 and continued its vol. numbering with v. 58. Vol. 4, no. 3 (Mar. 1894) misnumbered as v. 4, no. 5. |
Publisher | Charlotte, N.C. : Blakey Print. House, 1892-1921. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1901 |
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Language | English |
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Volume Number | 19 |
Issue Number | 5 |
Page Number | 554 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 53° the charlotte medical journal. ginning of both organic and functional changes which may go on rapidly or slowly. Frequent intoxication develop imbecility and marked dementise. In closing his article he emphasizes these prominent facts : 1. Intoxication from alcohol to the extent of coma, with profound relaxation of all the functional activities of the body, is often a serious injury to the brain and nerve centers, and is followed by neuroses and organic change. 2. The significance of alcoholic intoxication in the study of obscure diseases can not be overstated. It may be both an active and an exciting cause, and should always be considered in neuro-psychopathies or other disorders that follow. 3. Intoxication at puberty and in middle life is often the starting point of a circle of disease which is usually ascribed toother causes. 4. Intoxication always predisposes to the diseases of inebriety from alcohol or opium, which may come on suddenly at any time in after life. 5. Poisoning from alcohol is far more serious than supposed, both in ifs effects and the neuroses which follow. Care of the Aged. This is a most important subject and demands an earnest consideration. There appears in the Medical Age a short instructive article from the pen of Ewing Marshall. We kindly abstract some of the leading points. The number of years, he says, a man or woman has lived is no criterian as to his or her physical condition. The French adage that "A Man is as old as his Arteries tells the Story." He speaks wisely when he says temperance through youth and maturity predispose to longevity. Those longest-lived, he notices, have been partakers of liquors in great moderation, especially of wines with their meals. Contrary to the general opinion of medical men, this writer says that he is convinced that moderation in the use of liquor certainly does not diminish the chances for longevity. Further, he says, the temperate use of liquor has seemed to predispose not only to longevity but also to useful old age. As long as the mind and body have systematic use so long will their condition be predisposed to health. Mental and physical exercise alike should be used but not abused. As to diet, no iron-clad rules can be laid down. There should be no immediate change in the life of those advanced in years. If they have been total abstainers all their lives and from one cause or another have no appetite, it would not be wise to resort to stimulants to create a false appetite. He says all stimulants to the aged should be given guardedly, also strychia and the like for the brittle vessels of the aged cannot endure to sudden tension. Hemorrhage into the brain or elsewhere is often superinduced by such measures. The aged like, children, should be given as little in the way of drugs as possible. Drastic purgatives are contraindicated. Salines act best. Sudden changes in altitude are dangerous. Cleanliness in the aged, like children, is of great benefit. Sleep, the great restorer, has more to do with longevity than any one thing. Other things being equal, a good sleeper will outlast in any trial of life. Tubercular Peritonitis. The general circulative and alimentary canals are the two canals which frequently carries the infection. Tuberculosis of the vagina and ovary are extremely rare diseases. The lymphatic glands are also responsible for the carrying of the infection to the peritoneum. A good example of this can be seen when we find a tubercular pleura as the primary focus. The disease usually sets in with fever, abdominal tenderness and the usual symptoms of an ordinary peritonitis. The chronic variety is gradual in its onset and so slow in its development that it may give rise to no symptoms. Enlargement of the abdomen may be the first symptons noticed. Along with this there may be severe pains, with intermissions of comparative comfort. One of the most important symptoms is an irregular elevation of temperature, though at times the temperature may be normal or subnormal. As the disease progresses digestive disturbances are conspicuous. Loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, and diarrhoea or constipation. To make an absolute diagnosis of tubercular peritonitis resort must be had to the use of the microscope or on inoculation experiments. Oehler, who has had a large experience with outdoor patients of this kind, says that the diagnosis is comparatively easy when there is loss of weight, cachexia, slight fever, occasional diarrhoea, enlarged abdomen, in which the presence of fluid and at times of small nodular tumors can be determined. Pigmentation of the skin, especially that, of the face has been repeatedly observed in tubercular peritonitis. The prognosis of this disease until recently has been very +Abstract of a paper in the |
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