Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-28

!stomach will agree on the choice. TIL
seeker the patient the oftener he mus
eat ana the less at a time, and VINE,
he feeis repugnance to all othe,
foods, porter or stout taken withou
raising the head, directly from the
! pottle, mouthful at a time. at about
HVe-minute intervals, will prove q
| great success.
"A woman taking care of herself
usually will not attend to these de-
tails, but will suffer instead. But if
she nave the help of another who will
attend to each detail promptly at the
| right time without stopping to ask the
| patients consent, the scheme works
beautifully
II you are able to be up and about
ana are regularly going to meals, then
always lie down Immediately after eat
ing, about fifteen minutes at least. AT
| table. do not wait, but begin eating at
| once on something, or delay going to
table until the rush is over. or stipu-
late with your waiter for immediate
attention. When done, do not wait.
but 60 directly to your berth or else
where and lie down.
Whenever there appears the slight
est sensation of hunger or nausea or
any indescribable sense of discomfort
about the stomach, or in the head, eat
and lie down.
THE worst case of seasick rctching
Will easily be made comparatively
comfortable in thirty minutes or less
by lying down without pillow. closing
the eyes, and taking a pint of porter
or stout in six doses at five-minute in
tervals. Another food for such an
emergency, but not so good as stout. is
| made by mixing we'll the yolks of two
raw, fresh eggs with an equal bulk of
good brandy. Give teaspoonful at
ten minute intervals. If you do not
feel well with Il pillow, remove it. and
you will feel better. This is important
"Retching occurs in paroxysms at in
tervals more or less regular The best
time to take the malt beverage. or any
other food, is just after a paroxySm of
retching. Should it be taken before
and thrown up. then take another dose
Immediately after the paroxysm. That
will stay down, because the next
parOXySm will not occur under ten to
fifteen minutes. and by that time the
patient has had the benefit Of the dose.
or several doses, and should not reich
at all. 50, after casting up an entire
meal it is proper to go straightway
and eat another, which is not likely to
come up.
'All necessary ediblcs, | believe, are
supplied by the steamer steward: but.
on short voyages it may be more con-
venient to have ones own variety of
such things for extra use in ones
cabin. In so providing one should bear
in mind the presence of rats on some
steamers.
Avoid all needless expenditure of
mental or muscular energy. Talking,
reading and listening are done at the
expense of power, which the patient
may not have to spare, and should be
reduced to a minimum by the suscepti-
bic at sea.
"Scasckness sometimes is accom-
panied by severe headache or by much
mental uneasiness. If these do not
yield to the treatment already pre-
scribcd. then bromide of sodium may
be given in a dose If half 4 teaspoon
full Of the dry powder in a little water;
repeat the dose i'll an hour if necessary.
The bromide Of sodium may be- used
with the patients food as salt (Which
it much resembles in appearance and
taste) but only while the necessity for
it continues. Should there be any
doubt about its necessity, do not use
the bromide at all.
IF these directions are executed
promptly, fully and faithfully. the
passenger will be able t. endure a sea
voyage of any length with not more
of "a illness h.
might suffer otherwise, and this mini
mum Of discomfort can be had without
retching.