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Typhoid Fever Successfully Treated with
Milk.

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Typhoid Fever Successfully Treated with
Milk.
Alexander Yule, NJ. D., communicates To
The Medical Times and Gd=ette, the follow
ing paper;
There is nothing new about the treatmen,
OF this fever by milk. As such treatment
may not however. be the general ono
adopted, | have been induced to offer nv
testimony as to iis efficacy IL stands In
rea-o" thas psopi", -ass.via< frorn ,ti--n--
quite as much require food as those in
health, and much more SO in certain dis
eases where there is a rapid waste of the
system. Frequently all ordinary food in
certain diseases is rejected by the stomach.
Is loathed by the patient. Nature, ever
bcneicent. has furnished food that In all
diseases is benehcal-in some directly
curative, Such food is milk. In the
twenty-siN cases we have treated Of tv-
phoid fever, its great value was apparent.
To be sure our number Il not larre. vet
sometimes the small indicates the resultant
on large scale. The indications we fol-
lowed were-l To check diarrhra.
10 nourish the body. 3. To cool the same
with regard TO the diarrhpa in typhoid
icVer' we believe Il ought, If possible. to
be checked, or at least restrained. f,r Won
might as well think ofleaving sore-thro,,
In scariatna 10 take its course fheinu
eliminative OF fever poison or irritare !,
little as Of encouraging diarrhra in ty-
phoid fever Astringents were used In al
cases with occasional doses OF ipecacuon-
h1l diluted sulPhuric acid being iound the
most scrviCeable. The acid was used from
beginning To end ofthc fever We i,pavine
that. In those eases which recover where
ulArrhcl j. encouraged, the patient got
well ia spite of the treatment for we Be.
lieyc that nothing so much tend, to extend
ing of liberation, to hcrmorr-!i re. to per-
itoniti>. and prOtractcd cou,al,.>-rnse ~
the use OF salines, or such Ike remedies.
VINO would think Of healing an ulcer hy
irritating IT. by not allowing rest, for the
rcparatlyc powers OF nature 10 do their
work an ulcer In the ilcum requires rest
quite a. much as one in the les.
When diarrhnl became violent. the most
powerful astringents were used and when
the bowels were oucc '.lockcd ~ th.y
were 80 maintained for from ten to fourteen
days. with not only no Inconvenience. but
with decided advantage. To cool the body
aud 10 nourish it were the other two indi.
cations
/. A. 10 NouRrsnMENr.- That the body
III Icfcr wastes rapidly - evident and from
The accumulation of waste material in thc
blood, and the want of pabulum to fee the
fever, the most disastrous results eyrn,uate
resulting in dcath-frotn the fever dryiu,,
up the very tissues life. Now. If nalu-
ium can he Afforded to repair the textures
that, from the action in the fever poison.
are beng used up, one great il not the
greatest object of treatment is attained.
for ievers obey, like everything else in thi.
world, certain fixed laws Like an object
IN vegetable life. there is the seed the bnI
the unfolding, the full leaf, the whithcrino
away aud decadence-So with + ycr> ana
their incubation. ingrayesceHce etc. Now.
II the body can he sustained until the / .ver
has gone ITS course. health will result MHk
of all things, seems best adapted for This
purpose; for II Is indigestiblr, is rel>hed
! by fever patients, contains all the rcqusit.
materials for the nourish hncnt of the entire
body-thc nervous system is cspecialIy
/ which in !cycrS j. always greatly affected
Furthermore, IN fever there i great thirst
aud patients ardcntly long for that which
| viii cool the parchCd mouth Thus.
by interdicting the use OF water il t9,o
throughout the fever, nourishrncnt c1n nI
ways be given Ia the shape OF cold. new
! milk Cold beef tea IL by no mcatS 10 be
dcspised, but is much less rcliShed, and not
unfrequently loathed when the fever i, H.
tense, while milk i then taken with much
-u~to. Again. cold milk. when TIL. diar-
rhml Is severe, exercises a mos; kindly
action upon the llrac ulceration,. The rule
We adopted was To allow milk al {ihff,tyl
In some cases quantities. far bcyund what
could be absorbed by a stomach whose
powers of absorption were reduced I'd n
minimum, were taken, a portion of the
milk passed IN an undigcstcd state from th,.
! bowels. This, however. far from. in my
mind, being an objection Nas decided
/ hoon for milk, a. 1t passed over the in
Named and liberated ilcum. exercised d
! soothing influence.
! :. 70 Cool TIE BoDy.-Now COLI milk
| Is an admirable agent for cooling the body
| (cold water would do as well, but then new
| milk nourishes and cools at the same time. J
and heat Is prominent symptom Of fever
! tsrrco, boil,) and measure of the ac-
/ tlyity of the fever changes in tn, NV.
| Another agent used in all thssc cases was
| the diluted sulphuric acid, which aided in
| reducing temperature, in restraining diar-
rhpa, and, If the theory is to be credited,
diminishing the alkalinity of the blood.
| CONCLUDING GENERAL REMARkS-Such
were the measures relied upon in the teeat-
ment or twenty-six cases OF typhoid fever
Six or the cases were adults over twenty
| Two years OF age, ten between nine and
twenty-five, the remainder being under
| these ages. Wine was given in no case
during the active continuation OF the fever.
as It increased the dlarrhea (vhen tried.
and promoted delirium. When the fever
had left- and the patient beca ne rxl lusted
and sleepless, then wine In three eases did
well. Never more than six ounces was re-
quired per diem, and that only for few
days Gin an adult In two cases where
there was great pain in the ileum, blister,
applied there did good few doses OF
tartar emetic aud tincture of opium were
used in one case To produce sleep which il
sufiiced to do. We believe that milk nour-
ishes in fever, promotes sleep, wards OF
delirium, >ooths intestines, and. in tine, is
the sine qua non in typhoid fever.