A Text-book of practical therapeuticsLea Brothers & Company, 1905 - 910 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 18
... patient is satisfied that he is receiv- ing medicine , and Nature often produces her most rapid cures when left ... patient's confidence is won , although nothing is done to control the pathological process itself . No detail of ...
... patient is satisfied that he is receiv- ing medicine , and Nature often produces her most rapid cures when left ... patient's confidence is won , although nothing is done to control the pathological process itself . No detail of ...
Page 19
... patient . In the treatment of all forms of disease the physician must never forget the following influential factors ... patient's vitality and often obscure the true state of the system . 4. That sufficient physical and mental rest and ...
... patient . In the treatment of all forms of disease the physician must never forget the following influential factors ... patient's vitality and often obscure the true state of the system . 4. That sufficient physical and mental rest and ...
Page 20
... patient states that his bowels have moved daily , and the physician is content with this report without making inquiries as to the quantity of the feces or whether the quantity is adequate in regard to the amount of food ingested . Even ...
... patient states that his bowels have moved daily , and the physician is content with this report without making inquiries as to the quantity of the feces or whether the quantity is adequate in regard to the amount of food ingested . Even ...
Page 38
... patient must certainly have received all of the pilocarpine . As there was daily an afternoon rise of temperature amounting to several degrees , quinine bisulphate was ordered in the dose of fifteen grains , to be given after six ...
... patient must certainly have received all of the pilocarpine . As there was daily an afternoon rise of temperature amounting to several degrees , quinine bisulphate was ordered in the dose of fifteen grains , to be given after six ...
Page 49
... patient be kept in ignorance of the character of the drug which he is taking , lest he attempt to use it without a physician's advice on another occasion , and thereby do himself injury . Thus the physi- cian might wish to give a patient ...
... patient be kept in ignorance of the character of the drug which he is taking , lest he attempt to use it without a physician's advice on another occasion , and thereby do himself injury . Thus the physi- cian might wish to give a patient ...
Common terms and phrases
20 grains 30 minims acetanilid acid action acts acute alcohol alkaloid amount anæmia antipyretic antipyrin antiseptic applied Aquæ arsenic arterial astringent atropine bath belladonna blood bowel bromide bronchitis calomel capsule carbonate cardiac cause cent chloral chloride chloroform chronic cocaine cold depression diarrhoea digitalis diluted disease drachm drug effect employed ether fever fluid extract full doses gastric given gland guaiacol heart hypodermically increased inflammation inhaled injection intestinal iodide iodine iodoform iron irritation kidneys large doses liquid medicine mercury milk mixture morphine mucous membrane nerves nervous nitrate nitrite of amyl ointment opium ounce pain patient physician Physiological pill pilocarpine poisoning potassium present produce purgative quinine relieve remedy respiration respiratory salicylic salicylic acid salt skin sodium soluble solution stimulant stomach strychnine sulphate symptoms tannic acid Therapeutics tincture tion tissues tonic treatment U. S. and B. P. ulcer urine vomiting
Popular passages
Page 9 - Professor of Therapeutics and Materia Medica in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia; Physician to the Jefferson Medical...
Page 575 - ... 8. During the beginning of this treatment not even water should be given by mouth, the thirst being quenched by rinsing the mouth with cold water and by the use of small enemata. Later small sips of very hot water frequently repeated may be given, and still later small sips of cold water. There is danger in giving water too freely, and there is great danger in the use of large enemata.
Page 552 - Mix the eggs with a little of the milk, and warm the butter with the other portion ; then stir the whole well together, adding a little nutmeg and ginger, or any other agreeable spice.
Page 576 - All practitioners of medicine and surgery, as well as the general public, should be impressed with the importance of prohibiting the use of cathartics and food by mouth, as well as the use of large enemata, in cases suffering from acute appendicitis.
Page 552 - ... then spread it thinly on a dish, and place it in a slow oven ; if put in at night, let it remain until the morning, when, if perfectly dry and crisp, it will be fit for grinding. The bran thus prepared must be ground...
Page 473 - I have made extensive employment of cold in the treatment of pneumonia, and, relying upon a large number of very favorable results, can recommend this procedure. In all cases I cover the chest of the patient, and the affected side in particular, with cloths which have been dipped in cold water and well wrung out. The compresses must be repeated every five minutes.
Page 176 - The primary action of the chloroform is to depress the bloodpressure chiefly by its vasomotor effect; secondly, by its cardiac effect ; and, finally, that while the drug does exercise a depressant effect on the respiratory centre the failure of this centre is chiefly due to anaemia.
Page 174 - On the contrary, the cause of death from chloroform is usually vasomotor depression, whereby the arterioles allow the blood to pass too freely into the great bloodvessel areas which are found in the capillaries and veins, and as a result the man is suddenly bled into his own vessels as effectually as if into a bowl.
Page 575 - In case of nausea or vomiting or gaseous distension of the abdomen, gastric lavage should be employed. 6. In cases coming under treatment after the infection has extended beyond the tissues of the appendix, especially in the presence of beginning diffuse peritonitis, conclusions 4 and 5 should always be employed until the patient's condition makes operative interference safe.
Page 551 - Then pass the fluid through a hair sieve, pressing the meat slightly, and adding gradually towards the end of the straining about two more ounces of water. The liquid thus obtained is of a red colour, possessing the taste of soup. It should be taken cold, a teacopful at a time.