The homoeopathic domestic physician : and traveller's medical companion : containing plain instructions for curing diseases, including those of females and children, by homoeopathic remedies / by Ferd. Gustav Oehme.

  • Oehme, F. G. (Ferdinand Gustav), 1826-
Date:
1859
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Credit: The homoeopathic domestic physician : and traveller's medical companion : containing plain instructions for curing diseases, including those of females and children, by homoeopathic remedies / by Ferd. Gustav Oehme. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and sugar. If there is no diarrhoea small quan- tities of strawberries, raspberries, apples not too sour, oranges, grapes, boiled, fresh or dried fruits. Chronic and convalescent fever-patients. Suitable mental and bodily exercise; if possible, daily walking or riding in the open air. Food of these patients. All spirituous drinks (except wine or beer in some cases,) also coffee, and tea, are strictly forbidden, but milk, butter- milk, whey, chocolate, (not seasoned,) cocoa, and the other drinks, mentioned above, aro allowed. All sour, and seasoned food or drinks, all acrid plants, as onions, celery, parsley, suc- cory, etc., are also forbidden ; also, all kinds of fish without scales, as eels, etc. ; fat meat, par- ticularly pork (except lean, smoked raw ham;) also, dill fat food ; finally the meat of water-fowls, as geese, etc. Except the above mentioned food, all other is allowed. The best meat for patients is that of boiled doves, roasted wild game, (lean,) boiled beef, and chickens. All kinds of scented waters, washes, tooth powder, (except burned bread, or charcoal—sour milk being the best for cleaning teeth,) pomade, (except pure beef marrow, oil of almond, alone