On the nature, causes, prevention and treatment of acute hydrocephalus, or water-brain-fever / [Thomas Smith].

  • Smith, Thomas, 1813-1887.
Date:
1845
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Credit: On the nature, causes, prevention and treatment of acute hydrocephalus, or water-brain-fever / [Thomas Smith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Prefatory Introduction . i Chap. Page, i. Premonitory Symptoms . ... 1 ii. Stages of the Disease and their Symptoms ... 7 hi. Diagnosis of Hydrocephalus—Differential Diagnosis, between Small Pox, Intermittent Fever, Hydren- cephaloid Disease, and Water-Brain-Fever— Cerebral Auscultation ... ... . 15 iv. .Etiology of Hydrocephalus—Statistics—Is the Dis¬ ease hereditary ?—Exciting Causes ... ... 45 v. Morbid Anatomy . 65 vi. On the Means of Prevention . 71 vii. Conduct of the Mother during Pregnancy—Bad Effects of Seclusion—Sleep—Exercise—Diet— Bleeding, cautions respecting it in Pregnancy ... 107 viii. On the Period of Lactation—Long Confinement in¬ jurious—Precautions against the Administration of Sedative Medicines—Dress—The Mother, in most instances, the only proper Nurse for her Child—Prolonged Lactation—Dry Nursing ... 115 ix. On the Appearance of the Deciduous, or Milk Teeth, and on the Permanent Teeth. 131 x. Ablactation, or Weaning . 138 xi. On Diet ... ... ... ... ... ... 142 xii. On Sleep . ... 150 xiii. Prophylactic Remedial Treatment of the Hydroce¬ phalic Diathesis. 157 xiv. Treatment . 161