This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...with the generation and absorption of troublesome toxins. It should not irritate the bowels or tend to cause or increase diarrhea. These troubles are usually due to the lesions and conditions of the disease quite irrespective of food; but the diet selected should obviously be such as will be the best borne, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...with the generation and absorption of troublesome toxins. It should not irritate the bowels or tend to cause or increase diarrhea. These troubles are usually due to the lesions and conditions of the disease quite irrespective of food; but the diet selected should obviously be such as will be the best borne, and to the extent to which the intestinal indigestion and irritation may be caused by the food should the diet be corrected and rearranged. The cases must be individualized, and the causes and remedies for the troubles specially determined for each. With a large diet list to choose from there is a better chance in both gastric and intestinal indigestion of being able to find articles of food than can be well borne. Effect on ulcers.--It is held of the utmost importance that the food in typhoid fever should be such as to cause the least possible disturbance or harm to the ulcerated patches in the bowel. The primary and chief cause of the ulcerative process is the action of the bacilli in the tissues; but it is possible or conceivable that the solution of continuity and the resulting danger of hemorrhage or perforation could be secondarily increased through the action of improper food. (a) Great distension of the bowel by gas, causing tension on a thinned, ulcerated area might produce further rupture or perforation. This is a question of intestinal indigestion, to be corrected by careful selection of the food, emptying of the bowel, intestinal antiseptics, or other treatment, (b) Continuous peristaltic motion of the ulcerated area is not a condition most conducive to healing. It is however, impossible to secure absolute rest for the healing of typhoid ulcers. There is necessarily some peristalsis, and the amount of motion induced by ordinary and...
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