The renewal of life : arguments for subcutaneous injections of oil in the cure and prevention of senility and disease; for the making of the acme of abundant health, stamina, vigor, vitality and constitution; for the cure of consumption and other diseases, particularly those of a chronic nature / by Thos. Bassett Keyes.

  • Keyes, Thomas Bassett.
Date:
1909-10
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Credit: The renewal of life : arguments for subcutaneous injections of oil in the cure and prevention of senility and disease; for the making of the acme of abundant health, stamina, vigor, vitality and constitution; for the cure of consumption and other diseases, particularly those of a chronic nature / by Thos. Bassett Keyes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    added diuretics and heart stimulants. With my pa- tients in general I supply them with a combination powder according to the following formula to meet these conditions: 19—Acetanilid 3 pounds. Caffeine ^ pound. Ipecac I pound, Ammon. Carb ^ pound. Pulv. sugar 6 pounds. Mix. Dose—Five to ten grains. Patients are instructed to take this should they feel that they have taken the slightest cold, for we must stop a cold at once, that further lung tissue may not be unnecessarily destroyed. With many cases I have them take one or two doses before retiring at night to induce sleep and promote expectoration. All pa- tients carry a package of the powder about with them to use in the emergency of taking cold, and to use dur- ing the day where there is much fever. Wliile the therapeutics of tuberculosis embraces nearly all of the materia medica, as to when and where to use remedies and when and what not to use, is where the good judgment of the experienced physician must be used. Experience teaches us that we must not give any drug which we do not know will benefit our patient, and that we must not overdose them; still we must ever be on the alert and make the best of every therapeutic measure which we know will be of benefit. In a chronic disease of this kind many small things are often neglected which, in the end, would have saved the life of the patient. Hydrotherapeutic measures have gained favor in the hands of many. The wet pack applied to the chest