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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1864. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... is stimulation, whether there be greatly depressed circulation or not, and whether the feet are cold or warm; and the best stimulant of all, where it can be digested, is meat soup, next to that of... More

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1864. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... is stimulation, whether there be greatly depressed circulation or not, and whether the feet are cold or warm; and the best stimulant of all, where it can be digested, is meat soup, next to that of alcohol. Those who have not tried the practice extensively would be surprised at the powerful effect which can often be obtained in the state of wakefulness accompanied by fidgeting movements, which is so apt to occur in fevers, by the use of food in sufficient quantity. The value- of this remedy cannot be tested properly, in many cases, unless the food be administered per rectum, as a sufficient quantity can seldom be tolerated by the stomach; but it is precisely these cases which are most strikingly benefited--natural and refreshing sleep being frequently induced within a very short time. With regard to the action of alcohol in such cases, it is to be noted that the quantity which can be taken without producing more than a gentle stimulating effect, is often greatly increased, so that the patient will take half-ounce doses of spirit, or glasses of port wine, in rapid succession, without showing the faintest sign of alcoholic narcotism, either at the time or afterwards. Both food and alcohol are preferable, as stimulants, to opium in these cases; nevertheless, there are many fever-patients, and still more erysipelas-patients, who are greatly quieted by minute doses of opium quite insufficient to narcotise. In erysipelas, the simultaneous use of brandy and small doses of morphia often produces a series of short, sweet dozes, without the least tendency to coma. VII. The support of the organism in the absence of ordinary food, by stimulants, is one of the most remarkable phenomena which can be offered to the attention of the physiologist. Since the majority of substances...

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