Fat and blood : an essay on the treatment of certain forms of neurasthenia and hysteria / by S. Weir Mitchell.

  • Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Fat and blood : an essay on the treatment of certain forms of neurasthenia and hysteria / by S. Weir Mitchell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GAIN OR LOSS OF WEIGHT CLINICALLY CONSIDERED. The gentlemen who have done me the honor to follow my clinical service at the State Infirm- ary for Diseases of the ISTervous System1 are well aware how much care is there given to learn whether or not the patient is losing or has lost flesh, is by habit thin or fat. This question is one of the utmost moment in every point of view, and deserves a larger share of attention than it receives. In this hospital it is the cus- tom to weigh our cases when they enter and at intervals. The mere loss of fat is probably of small moment in itself when the amount of re- storative food is sufficient for every-day expendi- ture, and when the organs are in condition to keep up the supply of fat which we not only require for constant use but probably need to 1 The Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Diseases of the Nervous System.