Outlines of the diseases of women / by John Phillips.

  • Phillips, John.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Outlines of the diseases of women / by John Phillips. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    patient is a sedentary one, and that accommodation is limited. These should be remedied if possible. A cold bath in the morning, followed by a brisk towelling; four simple meals in the day; a sharp walk of half an hour twice daily; the wearing of warm and loose clothing, are essential. Medicinal.—Many anaemic women, by following the above course, and being treated by purgatives, very rapidly lose their anaemia, and much stress has been laid by some authorities upon faecal intoxication as a cause of anaemia. This is a re-absorp- tion of the septic products of digestion from faeces accumulating in the colon. On the other hand, it is found that purgatives alone may fail, and that iron, or iron and a purgative, are necessary to effect a cure. The old-fashioned ferruginous cathartic was invented for this purpose, and a good instance of it is as follows: R Ferri Sulphatis gr. i-ij Magnesias Sulphatis gr. xx Acidi Sulphurici Aromatici. . . . 111 xv Tincturse Zingiberis ..... 5ij Inf. Gentianse Co. ad §j Two tablespoonfuls to be taken twice a day, about ten and six, after meals. The disadvantage of this mixture is its nauseous taste, other- wise it is the most satisfactory that we have at our command. It may be found, however, that this form of taking iron is productive of sickness, frontal headache, and dryness of the lips and skin. These are sure indications for its cessation, and an alkaline cathartic mixture of iron should be prescribed as follows: ft Ferri Sulphatis gr. i-ij Sodas Bicarbonatis gr. xv Sodas Sulphatis . . . . ' . . 5] Tincturas Cardamom i Co 111 xx Infusi Quassias 5j Two tablespoonfuls twice or thrice daily after meals. Under certain conditions neither of these plans succeed, and a preliminary course of slight saline purgation is necessary before the exhibition of the iron. If the tongue be clean and the bowels well open, the iron should be taken in the form of a pill, com- bined with an aperient, as: ft Ferri Sulphatis ...... gr. ijss Potassas Carbonatis gr. ijss Extracti Aloes liquidi gr. j_i One pill three times a day after food, with a wineglassful of cold water, for a week.