The Science of Therapeutics - Classical Homeopathy Online

Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 259 of 653anything else in the way of nourishment than some beverage; eventhe slightest desire for solid food is an exception to the rule.fresh water is the best drink and should be avoided only in caseswhere it excites the cough. Water sweetened with sugar, is notadvisable; it causes acidity of the stomach, but water mixed witha little currant jelly, may occasionally be allowed. A small quantity of malt-beer, sweetened with a little sugar, and not drank toften, is exceedingly refreshing. The common prejudice againstthis beverage is entirely unfounded. Water-soups and dilute milkwith a little wheaten bread, will be sufficient nourishment. Butsoon as the fever begins to abate and the appetite returns, a morsubstantial animal diet will have to be allowed, for the reason ta considerable waste has to be repaired. A change in the courseof pneumonia may render corresponding changes of this simplediet indispensable. If the patient feels very weak at an early peof the disease, good broth may be given him without fear ; andthe presence of adynamic fever may even require small quantitiesof some gSBHOTM' wine, espedally in the case of old people; an uudue stimulating effect need not be apprehended. In the case ofsmall children it is a very common mistake to quench their thirstwith wine. But if the stomach is again and again called upon toGangrxna Pulmonum. 803recommence the process of digestion, the catarrhal affection of torgan must, of course, be made mach worse than it was in consequence of the pneumonic process ; this conduct is reprehensible ashould by all means be avoided. The avidity with which childrendrink cold water during their fever, is abundant evidence that itin harmony with the wants of the infantile organism. Special cautions in regard to diet are only required by the presence of a coplicating intestinal catarrh.When the patient may again go out in the open air, will dependupon the weather, and likewise upon the fact, which has to be welascertained by a careful exploration of the chest, that the pneumonic infiltration is completely reabsorbed. In this respect thesuperiority of homoeopathic treatment is likewise apparent, for iscarcely ever leaves the lungs so sensitive to open air that fromaction upon this organ any untoward consequences need be apprehended.10. Ckftngrsena PulmonmiuGangrene of the Lungs.(According to Kafka.)[This morbid process is distinguished from other similar processes in the organism by the circumstance that putrefaction associates itself with the death of the mortifying parts.Anatomical Characteristics. Pathologists distinguish twokinds of gangrene of the lungs, circumscribed and diffuse gangrene.Circumscribed gangrene occurs most frequently. Detached portions of pulmonary parenchyma of the size of a hazel or walnut,http://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt