The constituents of climate : with special reference to the climate of Florida / by Frederick D. Lente.

  • Lente, Frederick D. (Frederick Divoux), 1823-1883
Date:
1878
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The constituents of climate : with special reference to the climate of Florida / by Frederick D. Lente. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

    56/56 page 56
    * Among the numerous cures, I know of none equal to elec- tricity. A person can get a small, inexpensive Gaiffe battery for from five to ten dollars, whicli requires no destructive acids to run it, which any one may learn to apply moderately well very soon. A flat sponge moistened well or a wet napkin should be wrapped around the brass cylinder electrodes, not inserted into them, so as to furnish a large surface. One of these should be placed on the epigastrium, the other opposite, over the spine . or solar plexus, and the latter, during half the time, over the seventh cervical vertebra. The electricity may be continued for half an hour or an hour in bad cases, only strong enough to give a pleasant sensation. Apomorphia in very minute doses (the homoeopathic triturations furnish the most convenient form) is well worthy of trial. For sleeplessness associated with sea- sickness, chloral hydrate may be taken (in a wafer to prevent nausea) in doses of ten to fifteen grains. A stop-cock cork- screw may be put into a bottle of dry champagne; this kept in ice, and small doses taken every half hour or so, especially in debilitated subjects. By strictly observing the above precau- tions and remedial measures, sea-sickness may be prevented, or cured in most cases, not in all. Those who get sick upon com- ing in sight of the steamer, or thinking of the voyage, had better take to the railway.
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3