Drink restrictions (thirst cures) particularly in obesity : being part VI of several clinical treatises on the pathology and therapy of disorders of metabolism and nutrition / by Professor Dr Carl von Noorden ... and Dr Hugo Salomon.

  • Noorden, Carl von, 1858-1944.
Date:
1905
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    seems important to us (see von Noorden, Romberg), viz.: the dehydration of the organism, will not be gained. (c) The Restriction of JAquids in Cirrhosis of the Liver We occupy the same standpoint in regard to the effect of diaphoretic treatment upon ascites due to hepatic cirrhosis as Leichtenstern, Matthes, H. Strauss (44), viz.: that as a rule the ascites does not per- manently improve. We say “as a rule,” for there can be no doubt that some cases derive extraordinary l>enefits from this treatment. Such isolated cases have recently been utilized by adherents of the “ Naturheil- methode” (Nature’s cure) for purposes of propa- ganda, and have been advanced as examples to show that puncture of the abdomen and Talma’s operation (an operation, it is true, that has not so far altogether vindicated the claims of its advocates) are not to be rec»mmended. Energetic diaphoretic, i.e., dehydrat- ing, treatment of ascites is by no means so far re- moved from scientific medicine as the voices that clamor from the camp of the water-doctors would have us believe. One of the warmest advocates of this treat- ment was Carl Gerhardt, who used to emphasize again and again in his clinical lectures that many a puncture of the abdomen for ascites is rendered superfluous by diaphoretic treatment. He advised, in particular, to sweat the patient daily for two to three weeks, in order to prevent the reaccumulation of water in the abdominal cavity. Later von Noorden in the General