Practical manual of diseases of women and uterine therapeutics : for students and practitioners / by H. Macnaughton Jones.

  • Macnaughton-Jones, H. (Henry), 1844-1918.
Date:
1891
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    wine ; some of the numerous malt preparations, as malt extract, and ferratecl maltine ; a little old brandy and milk taken a few times daily, or the much-abused but often most valuable of wines, genuine port — all have their special virtues, and will assist our treatment accord- ing to the constitutional features of the case. Atten- tion to the times of meals and the intervals between is of equal importance to their character. Speaking generally, light and digestible meals, not taken at long intervals, and never late at night, will be found most judicious. So we must correct, when possible, those pur- suits and their effects which tend to corrupt the blood. Overcrowding in sleeping apartments, heated rooms, ill- ventilatecl sitting and bed rooms, prolonged sedentary em- ployment, much stooping or standing, excessive study and long school-hours, want of suitable outdoor exercise and amusement, and too violent muscular exercise have to be firmly condemned. How many of the future uterine troubles of adult and married life are engendered by the routine, monotony, and over-work of our modern boarding-school life, when the mother’s watchful eye is absent, only those who are so often consulted for the re- sults of both know. If parents were oftener alive to the danger, they might be more careful in the selection of the temporary home, on the domestic management and control of which so much of their child’s future happiness depends. Nor must we omit due attention to the cutaneous secre- tion—proper bathing of the entire body at a medium tem- perature (water 60° to 70° or 80°) if cold be not well borne; sea-bathing if it agree, and that a healthful reaction occurs after it. Proper friction is essential, especially of the lower part of the back and the abdomen, after the bath. A capital sea-water bath may be made by adding a few ounces of the essence of seaweed (Harvey’s, Margate) to the twenty gallons of warm or cold water. This preparation may be