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ve this warm in dessertspoonfuls every five minutes. Give two tablespoonfuls, or perhaps only one, of very light food, or milk and boiling water half and half, every half-hour. This may be done in smaller portions every fifteen minutes, or in larger quantities every hour or two hours, according to the state of the digestion. Fruit is a valuable means of quenching the anaemia thirst, besides being very beneficial for the blood. Green vegetables and salads are also most valuable (_see_ Vegetables; Assimilation; Diet; Digestion). As much fresh air as possible is also to be breathed by the patient. Either much time must be spent in the open air, or, if strength forbid this, the room must be thoroughly ventilated. Close air is the enemy of good blood. We know of many cases cured by this simple regimen. Care must also be taken to increase the patient's vitality by various means. If _thoroughly good_ medical advice can be obtained, it should be taken (_see_ Air and Appetite; Balance, Loss of, etc.) Blood Poisoning.--(_See_ Blood, Purifying; Sores). Blood, Purifying.--Fever arising from bad state of the blood may be treated by careful cooling of the spine and head, with towels _well wrung_ out of cold water, frequently changed (_see_ Fever). The pulse in one case so treated was reduced from 130 to 96 by a few applications. If a sore exists, treat it as in article Sores. If an eruption in the skin breaks out, cover the surface at night with soap lather (_see_ Lather; Soap). Wipe that off with weak acetic acid (_see_) in the morning, and the skin will come right. Let the diet be simple and cooling (_see_ Abscess; Assimilation; Skin; Sores; Appendix, etc.). Blood, Supply of.--To supply good blood in cases where it is lacking, either from indigestion or low vitality, nothing is better than milk, diluted with an equal quantity of _boiling water_. It may be less or more diluted, as the patient's power of digestion is greater or less, but in all cases half and half can be tried first. This forms a natural blood supply. Claret, switched egg and brandy, are to be carefully avoided. _Boiling_ water amalgamates with the milk, and care therefore must be taken to see that it is really boiling. Give a teacupful of this every two hours. If the patient is very weak, this may be the only diet. But often he will be going about work or business, and yet needing fresh, good blood supply. Then the cupful may be taken every two hours, in
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