The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-04-13


"a hours following the chill. In al
most all cases of quartan malaria the
blood is built up sufficiently by the
time they reach the second cycle to
rass without the paroxysm, or chill.
is the seventh day, | always have
| By the time for the third cycle, which
, built up the patients resistance by
| feeding this beef extract and rare
steak so as to enable him to pass by
this cycle without any symptoms OF
malaria whatever In cases of double
| or triple | find the same treatment
causes about the same results. l do
not give any other diet, except dry
toast, if they eat the beef instead of
taking the juice. If they can take
the steak prefer their taking it, but
almost all cases prefer the juice.
"Just after the first chill the pa
tient usually complains of being very
hungry, and that is the best time to
give them a large quantity of beef
extract. AS I said before, there are
no special symptoms outside of the
impoverished blood and enlargement
of the liver and spleen in malaria.
I give strong stimulation to the splen-
ic nerves. 1 also give saline anemias
once a day until the bowels become
active and the flow of bile is we'll es-
tablished.
patients of light, ruddy complex
ion respond more readily to this
treatment, although I find all classes
of patients gain very quickly under
the treatment. The first "a hours is
the best time to crowd the diet, as
the taste of bile in the mouth at the
end of "a hours nauseates them for
the next IS hours to such an extent
that it is impossible to give them very
much beef extract. 1t is we'll to give
them all the water they want at all
times.
sThe tertian parasite, like the
quartan, exist in the blood in great
groups. The life cycle lasts about 4S
hours, so that speculation occurs
every other day. Infections with two
groups of organisms segmenting on
successive days are common, the dis
ease assuming quotidian or daily
type. The treatment for the tertlan
type is the same as the treatment
for the quartan. The difference in
the two types is so little that it is not
necessary to do anything more for
this type than for the quartan. My
results of these two types have been
perfectly satisfactory under the pre-
scribed treatment.
1.-The estivo-autumnal type of ma
laria differs from the quartan and
tertian types: First, in that the par
oxysms are as rule much more ir-
regular; second, they are much long
er in duration; third, the chills are
more frequently absent; fourth, the
fever is often of irregular, intermit-
tent type, very often taking the form
of black water or hemoglobinuric|
type with hemorrhage symptoms,
with hemorrhage from nose, gums
and bowels. The first thing to do in
case of hemorrhagic malaria is to
put an ice bag on the abdomen,
which will tend to control the hemor-
rhage from the kidneys. Give the
patient all the red beef juice you can
get him to take, provided he has not
developed a very sick stomach from
regurgitating bile; if so give him
high saline anemias and in one-half
hour give him four ounces red beef
juice per rectum. It is we'll to re-
peat the feeding per rectum in four
hours. AS soon as he can retain any
thing on stomach, give him all the
juice he can take comfortably. Treat
the liver thoroughly-at least three
times in the first "a hours. At the
end of SO hours you will see de-
cided change in the skin. The yellow
cast will be very much lighter, which
is sure sign that the patient is get
ting better. Watch the urine close
ly. The third day there may occur
a suppression. If so give strong |
stimulations to the renal plexus
through the abdomen, and be sure
there is thorough relaxation of the
dorsal and lumbar muscles.
'tRelapses are frequent under the
old treatment. There is no differ
ence between the symptoms of the
relapse and the initial attack.
"Chronic malaria is very easily
cured by the use of one pound Of red
rare steak per day in addition to the
regular diet. I find very little mala-
ria in families which eat beef in any
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