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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopathy"Page 52 of 653let them use good coffee of which they cannot drink large quantities, and the use of which should always be associated with freshwater. The so-called substitutes for coffee prove in the end morehurtful than even weak and badly-prepared coffee, except perhapsbeer which, however, cannot well be drank early in the morning.3) "A bad habit that is indulged in by many ladies, is eating atany hour of the day. This practice is decidedly injurious to thesuccess of homceopathic treatment, and should be abolished. Orderis useful in all things and likewise in our meals, and patients sbe given to understand that they must partake every day of a warmdinner at a fixed hour ; breakfast and supper may consist of coldarticles of food.4) " Too much sleep, and sleeping too often within twentyhours, can only be approved of, if the patients are very weak andansemic; during sleep the body has to be kept perfectly unrestraiand easy, without the least inconvenience from the pressure of thordinary clothing ; otherwise sleejJ will not exert the quickeninfluence that is expected from it. Females especially have the badhabit of lying down with a mass of clothes on. This practice notonly prevents the body from getting warm, but interferes with the52 Diseases of the Female Sexual Organs.free circulation of the blood and thus gives rise to other troubladdition to those already existing. Tight lacing is another censuable practice which is often the sole cause of menstrual irregulaties. In such cases we do not advise to abandon the use of corsetentirely, but simply not to lace too tightly. If the patient is ato sit up and were to dispense with her corsets altogether, she wsoon complain of weakness of the back and weakness all over, andwould be more inconvenienced by the use of the many strings withwhich ladies have to fasten their garments, than by wearing looseand easy corsets." In this respect we cannot agree with Hartmann.Corsets, even if laced very loosely, have the disadvantage of supporting the back and occasioning muscular weakness of the back,unless they are worn without interruption. By going without corsets for a time the woman will soon learn to keep her back straigwithout any such artificial support. If corsets are worn too tighthey compel the* wearer to breathe with the upper portion of thethorax, the lower ribs being not allowed freely to expand on accoof the compression exerted upon them. This gives rise to an incomplete respiration, an imperfect introduction of oxygen and adiminution of the elasticity of the pulmonary vesicles. Thus it ithat corsets become a co-operating cause of many of the bloodeases of females. When speaking of chlorosis and tuberculosis, weshall revert to this subject.5) " The physician will have to inquire whether his patient, as iso often the case in the higher walks of life, uses cosmetics forpurpose of giving more color to her face, or making it look palersuch substances as vinegar, tea, decoctions, lime, chalk, roast oshells, etc. The same objection can be raised against most kindsof pomatum and perfumes for the hair which, if it requires morefat, had better be greased with beef-marrow. This is a subject ofgreat importance, if we consider that Lead and Arsenic are usuallemployed in the composition of cosmetics.http://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt