Volume 1

A manual of medical treatment or clinical therapeutics / by I. Burney Yeo.

  • Isaac Burney Yeo
Date:
1902
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    permit, the patients are encouraged to be in the open air as constantly as possible. At ISTordrach Dr. Mander Smyth, referring to his bed-room, says, The windows of my room, constituting nearly the whole of one side of it, were open night and day, and a strong draught played through them, breathing of the pine-clad slopes. The advantage of a southern aspect for the sleeping apartment of the phthisical, in a situation sheltered from prevailing winds, is chiefly that the windows can be always open, and the apartment thus con- stantly kept filled with pure and fresh air, which the rays of the sun warm and vivify. It is to the jDOSsibility which it often affords of being much in the open air, even in winter, that change of climate owes its great value. Even in England it has been shown that in properly selected localities, and in well-organised sanatoria, it has been possible for patients to be kept much in the open air all the year round. In advanced cases, when the patient is, of necessity, much confined to his room, a comfortable reclining couch should be provided, so that even if very feeV>le or feverish he need not be confined too closely to his bed. The bed should be free from all hangings, and if the windows are kept open, as is desirable, the patient should be very warmly clothed or covered, so as not to feel cold. The temperature of the room should range between 60° and 65° F., accord- ing to the feelings and condition of the patient. In very cold weather, when the temperature of a room quickly falls, and is often with difficulty renewed, a temperature of 65° will not be found too great for advanced cases. An open fire-place is the most cheer- ful source of heat, and it also promotes ventilation. The importance of rest in bed during the febrile periods, or the inter-current inflammatory attacks which not unfrequently occur in the course of phthisis, must not Ije overlooked ; and however important and suitable to the majority of cases open-air treatment
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