Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why: What Medical Writers SayAllen, Martha Meir
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Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why: What Medical Writers Say
Allen, Martha Meir
Alcohol -- Physiological effect; Temperance
"Avoid pills and powders. Persons suffering from headache need
to be warned against taking remedies that contain opium and
alcohol, and also against the use of a recent popular remedy,
usually called a 'white powder' or 'white tablet.' They take the
latter readily because the druggist or physician says it
contains no opium. This is true, but it is one of the lately
discovered coal tar preparations (anti-febrine, acetanilid,
etc.) and is very depressing to the human system. Headache is
usually a symptom of trouble somewhere else, often in the
alimentary canal, an overloaded stomach, constipation, or tight
clothing. Learn the cause and remove that, and the headache will
disappear."--DR. H. J. HALL, Franklin, Ind.
"Gentle massage is helpful and the use of cold compresses. Lack
of sufficient sleep will cause headache. Women often bring on
nervous headache by overwork and worry."
HEMORRHAGE:--"Never give alcohol in a case of profuse
hemorrhage. The faint feeling, or irresistible inclination to
lie down is nature's own method of circumventing the danger, by
quieting the circulation and lessening the expulsive force of
the heart, thus favoring the formation of clot at the site of
the injury."--_Clinique._
"For uterine hemorrhage an emetic to induce vomiting is the best
cure."--Dr. Higginbotham in _British Medical Journal_.
"If the faint is dispelled too quickly, and the blood-vessels
are relaxed by alcohol, or the heart aroused to energetic action
by any remedy, the hemorrhage may recommence, and may prove
fatal. Quiet, the application of cold, pressure, the elevation
of the wound where possible, and the absence of stimulants, are
the cardinal points of treatment in most cases."--DR. RIDGE.
"If then, it seems absolutely necessary to rouse a person out of
a dead faint, what can be done? Swallowing is out of the
question, lest the patient choke. The head must be laid low,
and the face and chest flapped with a cold wet cloth, or
alternately with hot wet cloths; smelling salts (not too strong)
may be applied to the nose.
"When the faint has been recovered from, but the hemorrhage
continues so much that it is feared another faint may occur,
and, perhaps, be fatal, it may be warded off by drinking any hot
liquid; if Liebig's extract of meat, or strong beef tea, is at
hand and can be given hot, there is nothing better."
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