COFFEE IN TYPHOID FEVER.
Dr Guillasse, of the French navy, in t r«ceht, paper on, typhoid-'fever says : "Coffee has given us unhoped-for satirfaction; after haying dispensed it, we find, to our great surprise, its action is as ptompt as iti» decisive.-.:Ko:Soonߣia.ter: our patients taken a few tablespoonfuls of It than their features become relaxed, ind they come to their senses. The next day the" improvement' is" such"that : *ware*' tempted to look upon coffee as a specific against typhoid fever. Under its influ-\ ence the stupor is dispelled, and patient rouses from the state of Bomno-~ lency in whicli he has been since sion of the disease.: Soon 'all the fuhctionaj' take their natural course, and hiTenters"upon convalescenoa." Dr. Guillasse gives« to an adult two or three tableßpoonfuls of,, strong black coffee every two hours, alter-' nated with one or two tablespoonfuls of claret or Burgundy wine. A little lemonade or citrate of magnesia should be taken daily, and after a while quinine. Frojn. T the fact that malaise and cerebrals^mp' I '' tons.appear first,,the,doctor., regards typhoid fever as a nervous disease, and the coffee acting on the nerves is peculiarly indicated in the early stages before local complications arise. r ~~ .
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 471, 22 May 1880, Page 2
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