Sea-sickness : its cause, nature, symptoms, and treatment, derived from experience and strict observation / by Ml. Nelken.

  • Nelken, Ml. (Michel), 1811?-1861.
Date:
1856
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    complete, and to omit nothing worthy of consider- ation, I have resolved to add a few remarks in re- gard to some morbid conditions, prevailing also on shipboard ; the one being exclusively the result of sea-sickness, the others quite independent of it. As such, I deem it proper to mention prolapsus of the rectum, scurvy, and typhus. The first is of frequent occurrence at sea, par- ticularly with people predisposed to it, and owes its existence to the frequency of diarrhoea and con- stipation. As to scurvy, it is generally met with only in sea voyages of long duration. It manifests itself under the following forms, viz. general prostration, petechise, or haemorrhage; and appears, in some cases, to be merely the consequence of the embar- rassment in the digestive and respiratory organs; whilst in others, it seems to derive its cause from imperfect ventilation, corrupted food, or scarcity of provisions. With regard to typhus, its appearance on board the ship, if not imported from other locali- ties, is in every respect similar to that in crowded prisons and hospitals. It develops itself with pref- erence in ill-ventilated and crowded vessels; is favored by filth, and foul provisions; exhibits the same symptoms, and requires the same treatment.