Dr. Foote's hand-book of health-hints and ready recipes : comprising information of the utmost importance to everybody, concerning their daily habits of eating, drinking, sleeping, dressing, bathing, working, etc. : together with many useful suggestions on the management of various diseases; recipes for relief of common ailments, including some of the private formulae of Dr. Foote and other physicians of high repute, and directions for preparation of delicacies for invalids as pursued in the best hospitals in this country and Europe.

  • Foote, Edward B. (Edward Bliss), 1829-1906.
Date:
1882
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Credit: Dr. Foote's hand-book of health-hints and ready recipes : comprising information of the utmost importance to everybody, concerning their daily habits of eating, drinking, sleeping, dressing, bathing, working, etc. : together with many useful suggestions on the management of various diseases; recipes for relief of common ailments, including some of the private formulae of Dr. Foote and other physicians of high repute, and directions for preparation of delicacies for invalids as pursued in the best hospitals in this country and Europe. 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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    -g= 108 HEALTH HINTS AND SANITAJRY SITTINGS. In cold weather keep an open fire, and admit fresh air from outside the house or from an adjoining room with a window open. In warm weather the air of the room can be cooled by- hanging before open windows blankets, frequently wrung out in ice water. Eemove dishes, slop-pans and all other utensils from the room as soon as there is no longer use for then. See page 22 for directions about disinfecting. Avoid whispering, washing dishes, rattling of newspa- pers, swinging of rocking-chairs, creaking shoes, rustling silks and all unnecessary noises, such as make some people feel nervous. Be sure that you always get the right bottle when about to give a medicine, and be accurate in measuring the dose. Teaspoons vary greatly, but most in use now will hold two drams, and not one as is ordinarily supposed. Tablespoons will usually hold about half a fluid ounce, or four drams ; a wineglass about two fluid ounces, and a teacup four fluid ounces. Deops are not accurate, their size ranging accord- ing to the bottle, the amount in the bottle, and the weight and fluidity of the medicine. Apothecaeies' measure: 60 minims (approximately drops), one fluid dram ; 8 fluid drams one fluid ounce ; 16 fluid ounces one pint; 8 pints one gallon. The pulse in health varies from 130 per minute in the infant to 70 or less in the adult, and is more rapid when standing than when sitting or reclining. In disease the pulse varies not only in number of beats per minute, but also in its regularity, fullness and other qualities to be recognized by a sensitive and experienced hand. IT 1