[Fat and Blood by S. Weir Mitchell]@TWC D-Link bookFat and Blood CHAPTER IX 2/27
The treatment was as follows: At 6 A.M., a tumbler of strong, hot beef-tea, made from the Australian extract. At 8 A.M., half a tumbler of iron-water, and breakfast, consisting of fruit, steak, potatoes, coffee, and a goblet of milk.
At 8.30 A.M., a goblet of milk mixed with a dessertspoonful of Loefland's extract of malt, with six grains of citrate of iron and quinine. At 10 o'clock Dr.Keating administered the electricity. At 12 o'clock Mr.P.D.might be dressed, making as little personal effort as possible.
The second goblet of milk and malt was administered, and a carriage took him to his office, where he might remain till two o'clock, when the carriage brought him for dinner, preceded by half a tumbler of iron-water.
All walking was forbidden. After dinner (which included a goblet of milk) the third goblet of milk and malt was swallowed; then a short drive might be taken, but by four o'clock the patient must be undressed and in bed. At 6 P.M.the third dose of iron-water presented itself, and a light supper of fruit, bread-and-butter, and cream, followed by the fourth goblet of milk and malt.
Two quarts of milk were thus swallowed every day in addition to all other food. At 9 P.M., massage one hour, with cocoa-oil, followed by beef-soup, four ounces. At the fourth week the soup was given up; dialyzed iron was substituted for all other forms.
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