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Author: George M. Gould Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780364838488 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 760
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Excerpt from The Medical News, Vol. 59: A Weekly Medical Journal, July December, 1891 The alteration in the liver is, perhaps, chiefly that of chronic congestion with impairment of its important functions of properly transforming the products of digestion into nutritive fluid, and with deficiency in the secretion of bile. It may be interesting to consider for a moment the probable origin of these chronic catarrhs. In many there is doubtless a strong hereditary predisposition to them, often strumous in character, which is readily developed by improper food. It is my firm belief, as it is that of others, that many of these ills begin in early childhood and even in infancy, from over-eating, and from badly-cooked or improperly-selected foods, especially hot breads, and that they are perpetuated by a continuance in this unwise course. The result is that in late childhood or early adult years, the boy or girl is a confirmed dyspeptic, mentally and physically handicapped, and illy prepared to endure the hard labor that may fall to his or her lot, or to meet the exactions of a long, rigid educational course, or to satisfy the silly ambitions of parents or teachers, who would have him or her acquire endless accomplishments. There are many other causes of these catarrhal states, but it is not my purpose to consider them here; it is with the condition that we are now chiefly concerned. This established and having become chronic, what occurs? All the functions of the stomach and intestines are of course impaired, digestion is manifestly imperfect, and being retarded is attended with undue fermentations, with putrefaction, and with the evolution of various gases. Under these favorable conditions, bacteria multiply, producing ptomaines, some toxic, some inert. Noxious gases distend the hollow viscera, interfering with peristalsis, and moreover are doubtless often absorbed into the blood. Thus after meals there are constantly present soluble foods, vitiated by myriads of microorganisms and their poisonous products, and mixed with abundant mucus and altered digestive ferments - a mass ill-fitted for absorption. This, the next step in the digestive process, brings us to the second part of our subject. Dujardin-Beaumetz in his admirable lectures on "Prophylactic Hygiene," asserts that from these putrefactive changes in the intestinal canal, the system may be poisoned in three ways: first, by the absorption of pathogenic microbes, which he terms a species of auto-infection; second, by the absorption of chemical poisons or alkaloids, formed by the action of these microbes on organic matter, viz., ptomaines, which he designates auto-intoxication; and third, by the combined agency of the pathogenic microbes and their ptomaines, which he calls toxinfections. To these I would add a fourth and a fifth, viz., by the entrance into the blood of various gases, especially sulphuretted hydrogen a sort of intestinal sewage-poisoning, as Brunton aptly describes it; and fifthly, by the retention or imperfect elimination of the various excretory products of the living cells of the organism, or, in other words, the leucomaines - a species of leucomainaemia, let us call it. Now, these toxic agents first spoken of, or many of them, along with the soluble foods, are absorbed into the blood by means of the veins and lymphatics, and thus enter the portal circulation; but it should not be forgotten that most fortunately they are not yet in the general blood-current; that that grand old organ, the liver, intervenes as a gate-keeper, as Brunton terms it, and discriminates in the most impartial manner. We know that among its other important functions, the liver is a destroyer of alkaloids, and that the bile is antiseptic, thus counteracting the effects of some of these poisons before absorption. Were this not the case, as has been correctly said, we should be in danger of poisoning after every meal. On this subject Brunton further remarks: "Were...
Author: George M. Gould Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780364838488 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 760
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Excerpt from The Medical News, Vol. 59: A Weekly Medical Journal, July December, 1891 The alteration in the liver is, perhaps, chiefly that of chronic congestion with impairment of its important functions of properly transforming the products of digestion into nutritive fluid, and with deficiency in the secretion of bile. It may be interesting to consider for a moment the probable origin of these chronic catarrhs. In many there is doubtless a strong hereditary predisposition to them, often strumous in character, which is readily developed by improper food. It is my firm belief, as it is that of others, that many of these ills begin in early childhood and even in infancy, from over-eating, and from badly-cooked or improperly-selected foods, especially hot breads, and that they are perpetuated by a continuance in this unwise course. The result is that in late childhood or early adult years, the boy or girl is a confirmed dyspeptic, mentally and physically handicapped, and illy prepared to endure the hard labor that may fall to his or her lot, or to meet the exactions of a long, rigid educational course, or to satisfy the silly ambitions of parents or teachers, who would have him or her acquire endless accomplishments. There are many other causes of these catarrhal states, but it is not my purpose to consider them here; it is with the condition that we are now chiefly concerned. This established and having become chronic, what occurs? All the functions of the stomach and intestines are of course impaired, digestion is manifestly imperfect, and being retarded is attended with undue fermentations, with putrefaction, and with the evolution of various gases. Under these favorable conditions, bacteria multiply, producing ptomaines, some toxic, some inert. Noxious gases distend the hollow viscera, interfering with peristalsis, and moreover are doubtless often absorbed into the blood. Thus after meals there are constantly present soluble foods, vitiated by myriads of microorganisms and their poisonous products, and mixed with abundant mucus and altered digestive ferments - a mass ill-fitted for absorption. This, the next step in the digestive process, brings us to the second part of our subject. Dujardin-Beaumetz in his admirable lectures on "Prophylactic Hygiene," asserts that from these putrefactive changes in the intestinal canal, the system may be poisoned in three ways: first, by the absorption of pathogenic microbes, which he terms a species of auto-infection; second, by the absorption of chemical poisons or alkaloids, formed by the action of these microbes on organic matter, viz., ptomaines, which he designates auto-intoxication; and third, by the combined agency of the pathogenic microbes and their ptomaines, which he calls toxinfections. To these I would add a fourth and a fifth, viz., by the entrance into the blood of various gases, especially sulphuretted hydrogen a sort of intestinal sewage-poisoning, as Brunton aptly describes it; and fifthly, by the retention or imperfect elimination of the various excretory products of the living cells of the organism, or, in other words, the leucomaines - a species of leucomainaemia, let us call it. Now, these toxic agents first spoken of, or many of them, along with the soluble foods, are absorbed into the blood by means of the veins and lymphatics, and thus enter the portal circulation; but it should not be forgotten that most fortunately they are not yet in the general blood-current; that that grand old organ, the liver, intervenes as a gate-keeper, as Brunton terms it, and discriminates in the most impartial manner. We know that among its other important functions, the liver is a destroyer of alkaloids, and that the bile is antiseptic, thus counteracting the effects of some of these poisons before absorption. Were this not the case, as has been correctly said, we should be in danger of poisoning after every meal. On this subject Brunton further remarks: "Were...
Author: Hobart Amory Hare Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781334706059 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 746
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Excerpt from The Medical News, Vol. 55: A Weekly Medical Journal; July-December, 1889 Should the case become chronic, naphthaline or salol may be given to advantage; salol, with mercury and chalk, has served me well. But the maintenance of the patient's strength, the removal of irritating ingesta, the preservation of the conditions most favorable for the circulation of blood, avoidance of passive congestion, and finally the gradual reestablishment of digestion, these form a problem requiring the most painstaking attention to each case. The fortunes of these little patients are decided often in a few hours, and having tided them over an acute attack a restoration to health may now follow speedily. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Smith Ely Jelliffe Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780243315185 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 1066
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Excerpt from The Medical News, Vol. 79: A Weekly Medical Journal; July-December, 1901 This patient was a well-nourished Italian, twenty-five years of age, who was in the Hudson Street Hospital under my care and later under that of Dr. Conner. He could speak no English so that his previous history remained unfathom able. He was admitted oh December 7, 1900, on what was probably the second day of the pneumo nia. He had been ailing for four days, but on the day before admission he 'had a chill and stayed in bed. Throughout the disease the tongue was rather moist and but moderately coated, the stom ach behaved very well, although once he vomited after taking milk; constipation was constant. There was severe pain in the left side of the chest upon breathing and coughing, the sputum was rusty and very tenacious. The heart action was much accelerated, but of such force that under stimulation the pulse at no time became alarming. Delirium was pretty constant at night and was present to a moderate degree during the day also. It ceased altogether on the ninth day when the temperature fell. The temperature was taken in the rectum by means of a carefully tested thermometer and there seems to be no reason to doubt the accuracy of the record. The highest point was reached on the second day, F. The accompanying chart shows clearly its subsequent meanderings and final subsidence. This chart shows also the respiratory and pulse-rates both before and after the baths. The urine amounted to from thirty to forty ounces daily, was of a specific gravity of from to Upon admission it contained 20 per cent. By volume of albumin. This decreased slowly to 10 per cent. On the eighth day, and to a trace of albumin on the twelfth day. Many casts. Hyaline and granular, were found during the continuance of the fever and for weeks thereafter. On the twenty - eighth day the urine was free from albumin for the first time and re mained normal afterward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Gregory Ackermann Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780365140887 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 746
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Excerpt from The Medical News, Vol. 53: A Weekly Medical Journal; July-December, 1888 You will remember I told you, a few months after the Operation, that she was dreadfully depressed in spirits and annoyed that she had submitted to it soon afterward she became better in health and strength, and now, I am glad to say, she is improved morally and physically. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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