Fat and blood: and how to make them.

  • Mitchell, Silas Weir.
Date:
1882
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Fat and blood: and how to make them. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    main till 2 o'clock, when the carriage brought him for dinner, preceded by half a tumbler of iron-water. All walking was forbidden. After dinner (which included a goblet of milk) the third goblet of milk and malt was swallowed; then a short drive might be taken, but by 4 o'clock the patient must be undressed and in bed. At 6 P.M. the third dose of iron-water presented itself, and a light supper of fruit, bread and butter, and cream, followed by the fourth goblet of milk and malt. Two quarts of milk were thus swallowed every day in addition to all other food. At 9 P.M., massage one hour, with cocoa oil, fol- lowed by beef-soup, four ounces. At the fourth week the soup was given up; dia- lyzed iron substituted for all other forms. June 4, electricity was given up. The malt was continued until June 20. May 6, Mr. D. weighed in heavy winter dress one hundred and twenty-five jDOunds; June 20, in the lightest summer garb, he weighed one hundred and thirty-three pounds; in August it rose to one hun- dred and forty pounds, and he has continued to gain. He is strong and well, has no cough, and has ceased to be what he had been for years—a delicate man. I am in debt to Professor Goodcll for the follow-