[Fat and Blood by S. Weir Mitchell]@TWC D-Link bookFat and Blood CHAPTER VIII 36/59
It is needless to give the details of the treatment in this and the following cases.
A mere abstract will suffice to indicate the rapid and satisfactory progress made. "_October_ 16 .-- Twenty-two ounces of milk were taken, in divided doses, in twenty-four hours; on the 17th, fifty ounces of milk; on the 18th, the same quantity of milk repeated; massage for half an hour; on the 19th, milk as before; bread-and-butter and egg; massage for an hour and a half; twenty minims of dialyzed iron twice daily; on the 21st, a mutton-chop in addition to the above; massage an hour and fifty minutes. To-day she passed water for the first time for four years, and the catheter was never again used.
Chloral discontinued, and she slept naturally all night long.
On the 23d, porridge and a gill of cream were added to her former diet; massage three hours daily, and electricity for half an hour, and this was continued until the end of the treatment. Maltine was now given twice daily. "_October_ 30 .-- She is now consuming three full meals daily of fish, meat, vegetables, cream, and fruit, besides two quarts of milk and two glasses of burgundy.
Considerable muscular power is returning in her limbs, which she can now move freely in bed. "_November_ 6 .-- Sat in a chair for an hour.
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