The relation of alimentation and disease / by J.H. Salisbury.

  • Salisbury, James Henry, 1823-1905.
Date:
1888
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Credit: The relation of alimentation and disease / by J.H. Salisbury. 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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    Meals. — The meals should be taken at regular intervals, and it is better not to sit down at a table where others are indul- ging in all kinds of food. Eat alone or only with those who are on the same kind of diet. After the system gets into good running order, which is indicated by the urine flowing at the rate of from three to four pints daily, and standing at a den- sity of from 1.020 to 1.026, the appetite becomes good and often ravenous. Frequently in this stage of the cure more than three meals a day are desired. This wish should be grati- fied by allowing the patient a nice broiled steak between break- fast and dinner, and between dinner and supper. These extra meals should be taken at fixed and regular hours every day. General Bernards. — Avoid all anodynes and other medic- inal agents which tend to get the stomach, bowels, kidneys and skin out of order. The cure is accomplished by removing the unhealthy alimentation that has culminated in the disease, and in furthering the removal of the pathological states of the deranged organs, by the use of such remedial agents as assist in restoring normal, healthy action. By judiciously and persistently following out the foregoing plan of alimentation, treatment, etc., the diseased organs and system generally soon begin to take on a more healthy state. The urine contains every succeeding day a smaller propor- tion of sugar; its density lessens steadily, its quantity de- creases, the color heightens, the appetite improves, the eyes grow brighter and brighter, the skin gradually loses its dryness and becomes more soft and oily, and the mucous membranes less and less feverish and dry; the thirst ceases, and the entire or- ganism takes on, little by little, yet certainly and surely, the actual appearances, states and conditions of health. In less than one week’s time after this treatment is thoroughly entered upon, the quantity of urine decreases from gallons to about two quarts per diem; the density falls from 1.040 to 1.060, down to 1.026 to 1.034, varying' with the advancement and severity of the disease. The thirst usually ceases in about