A treatise on inflammatory disease of the uterus, and its appendages, and on ulceration and enlargement of the neck of the uterus : in which the morbid uterine manifestations and functional derangements are explained and illustrated / by E. Small.

  • Small, E.
Date:
1856
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Credit: A treatise on inflammatory disease of the uterus, and its appendages, and on ulceration and enlargement of the neck of the uterus : in which the morbid uterine manifestations and functional derangements are explained and illustrated / by E. Small. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    dition, articles of food of such quality, and in such quantity, as it is utterly unable to digest, and which must be got rid of by pass- ing off in a crude undigested state, thereby giving rise to irritation of the whole alimen- tary canal, causing headache and feverish flush- ing and restlessness of the whole system. It should be recollected, that by the labor of the stomach, the wants of the system must be repaired. The rational course, therefore, is, to impose upon it as little labor, and allow it as much time for rest as possible. I am aware of the difficulty, perhaps I should say the impossibility, of giving rules on diet adapted to meet the demands of each indi- vidual case. I think, however, that out of the variety that I shall lay down, suitable articles may be selected to supply the wants of all. The first direction I shall give, is, that the diet should consist of three meals a day, taken at intervals hereafter named. For breakfast — light stale bread and sweet butter, with weak black tea, or thin cocoa made with part milk. To this may be added a soft boiled egg, or what is better, an egg beaten fine and added to one gill of new milk with a little salt, all well mixed and simmered