C. Hering's Domestic physician : revised, with additions from the author's manuscript of the seventh German edition ; containing also a tabular index of the medicines and the diseases in which they are used.

  • Hering, Constantine, 1800-1880.
Date:
1851, ©1850
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Credit: C. Hering's Domestic physician : revised, with additions from the author's manuscript of the seventh German edition ; containing also a tabular index of the medicines and the diseases in which they are used. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In acute or febrile diseases, only the lightest and most simple kinds of nutriment are proper, viz: Pure cold water in preference to all other drinks ; or water with the addition of some sugar, raspberry or strawberry syrups, or quince and apple jelly prepared without spices. Barley-water, rice- water, thin oatmeal gruel, panada, gum Arabic water, whey, milk and water, preparations of arrow-root, sago, tapioca or the so-called farina, which is nothing but wheat-grits without the hull; all this without any other seasoning than a little salt or loaf sugar, or one of the syrups above mentioned. Toast-ivater, provided the toast is made from stale bread, either home-made or from bakers who make use of neither potash, sal- eratus or alum; the slices ought to be thin and thoroughly toasted, but not too brown, and never black. To make a good toast-water pour boiling water on the toast while hot and let it stand. Ice-water is often injurious and increases the thirst. The water, after being filtered if impure, should be cooled if possible without putting the ice in it. If this cannot be conveniently done, put a lump of ice in the water and take it out again as soon as the water is sufficiently cooled. Most kinds of ripe succulent fruits, possessing little or no acidity, fresh or prepared by cooking, and eaten in moderate quantities; as ripe grapes, sweet apples, peaches, raspberries. Most kinds of dried fruits; as apples, quinces, peaches, cherries, prunes, dates, figs, raisins, currants, almonds, &c. All imported dried fruits, especially raisins, figs, &c, ought to be well washed before they are used, first in cold and afterwards in warm water. Sweet oranges with a thick soft peel are allowed, but those having a thin leather-like peel, and all decayed, spotted, and sour ones, ought to be avoided. With regard to apricots, nectarines, plums, gages, watermelons, cantaloupes and cherries, the physician should be consulted. No fruit whatever should be used in cases of colic, diai-rhcea, dy- sentery or cholera. When the more violent symptoms of acute disease have subsided, and the appetite calls for more substantial food, a wider range may be o-radually taken in the choice of aliment, and all the articles used which are allowed in chronic or long-continued diseases, viz: B