Codeine can be added to the analgesics. The habit forming nature of drugs in the barbituric acid group must be considered. Digestion can be aided by alkalies. Infections such as bronchitis may be eased by creosote. The author discusses the benefits of cocaine for pneumonia.
Alcohol can be beneficial after a taxing convalescence with any disease and with cardiac conditions.
And abundance of water is useful to flush the kidneys. Coronary conditions can be treated with small does of adrenaline or colloid iodine. The use of caffeine should be reduced. The medical practitioner should be preparing for a future with a large number of elderly patients. For a person over 65, it is not necessarily a foregone conclusion that he will be a victim of insomnia, rheumatism, or other problematic symptoms.