Brain exhaustion, with some preliminary considerations on cerebral dynamics / By J. Leonard Corning.

James Leonard Corning

Date:: 1884

Credit: Brain exhaustion, with some preliminary considerations on cerebral dynamics / By J. Leonard Corning. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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Found on image 104 / 254 (page 96)…lthough he had undertaken ex- tensive journeys to various parts of the country with the object of improving his health. I put Mm Tipon beef-juice and milk, and, by degrees, as his digestion improved, soft boiled eggs were added, with a moderate quantity of dry bread. Later he was able to take tender beef...
Found on image 212 / 254 (page 204)…to suit the season, indi- vidual idiosyncrasy, and certain specific requirements of the organism as a whole. The above applies with especial force to milk, which is an exceedingly valuable adjunct where it can be di- gested. A diet of eggs, milk, cereals (whole), and beef-tea is valuable in many cases of...
Found on image 212 / 254 (page 204)…anism as a whole. The above applies with especial force to milk, which is an exceedingly valuable adjunct where it can be di- gested. A diet of eggs, milk, cereals (whole), and beef-tea is valuable in many cases of cerebral exhaustion. "Where the milk is not easily digested, is should be given frequently...
Found on image 212 / 254 (page 204)… adjunct where it can be di- gested. A diet of eggs, milk, cereals (whole), and beef-tea is valuable in many cases of cerebral exhaustion. "Where the milk is not easily digested, is should be given frequently in small quantities. Of late years various extracts of whole cereals have been introduced, and ...

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on whole wheat and those who consume white flour is as great as that between meat-eaters and those who live on vegetables alone. The best dietary for brain-workers, then, both physio- logically and empirically speaking, is one the salient features of which are meat on the one hand, and un- bolted cereals on the other. As a matter of course, other kinds of food should be added to suit the season, indi- vidual idiosyncrasy, and certain specific requirements of the organism as a whole. The above applies with especial force to milk, which is an exceedingly valuable adjunct where it can be di- gested. A diet of eggs, milk, cereals (whole), and beef-tea is valuable in many cases of cerebral exhaustion. Where the milk is not easily digested, is should be given frequently in small quantities. Of late years various extracts of whole cereals have been introduced, and some of these, when properly pre- pared, possess undoubted efficacy in the treatment of cerebral exhaustion. Some of these preparations have been peptonized—an excellent thing where it is desired to aid an enfeebled digestion. Besides the preparations of reliable manufacturers, there has been introduced upon the market, through the aid of the public prints, a mass of fraudulent concoctions, which, while putting forth elaborate claims to physio- logical excellence, are in reality the very abomination of all quackery. Such usurpation of science has greatly tended to shake professional confidence in the efficacy

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