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Home Medical and Vet Remedies, as Recommended by 19th and 20th century Doctors and Vets! |
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Home Medical and Vet Remedies, as Recommended by 19th and 20th century Doctors and Vets! |
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Poisoning from Meats, Fish and Cheese.In other cases the flesh contains some of the living parasites which infest cattle and hogs, and the sickness caused in the consumer is due to the activity of these parasites in his body. The most frequent of these are the trichina spiralis, and the minute plant which causes the disease known as " malignant pustule. " Cow's milk sometimes conveys a poisonous principle ; a case was recently reported in Philadelphia in which a family sickened from the use of the milk of a cow which died on the following morning. It was found that the animal was suffering from malignant pustle, and that the human victims had been infected with this disease. Cases occur now and then in which several members of a family suffer from symptoms of poisoning which can be traced pretty conclusively to the use of cheese. The most careful chemical and microscopical examinations of such specimens have repeatedly failed to reveal the injurious substance. It seems probable that the injurious properties of the cheese are due to some unusual form of fermentation. Treatment is usually not called for until after the patient has been sick for some hours. The difficulty begins with a feeling of nausea and general indisposition, soon followed by vomiting and diarrhea. The general effects and ultimate result vary in different cases, since they are due to different substances contained in the meat or cheese. So soon as a suspicion of the actual nature of the complaint is entertained, an emetic should be given; for this purpose a teaspoonful of mustard should be stirred in a glass of warm water and given at once. This may be followed after half an hour by a brisk purgative. In many cases nothing further will be required ; if the patient manifest signs of weakness and prostration, it will be necessary to support his strength by alcoholic stimulants. A tablespoonful of whisky may be given in a little milk every hour or two. But first, if you want to come back to this web site again, just add it to your bookmarks or favorites now! Then you'll find it easy! Also, please consider sharing our helpful website with your online friends.
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