Fat and blood : an essay on the treatment of certain forms of neurasthenia and hysteria / by S. Weir Mitchell.

  • Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Fat and blood : an essay on the treatment of certain forms of neurasthenia and hysteria / by S. Weir Mitchell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cal annoyance becomes for one of these unhap- pily-constituted natures a grave and almost in- eradicable trouble, owing to the habit of self- study. Miss P., set. 29, weight one hundred and eleven pounds, height five feet four inches, dark-skinned, sallow, and covered with the acne of bromidism, consulted me last year. She had had one at- tack which was considered to have been epi- leptic, and which was probably hysterical, but on this matter she dwelt with incessant terror, which was fostered by the tender care of a near relative, who left her neither by night nor day. Yague neuralgic aches in the limbs, with con- stant weariness, asthenopia, ansemia, loss of ap- petite, and loss of flesh, followed. Then came spinal pain and irregular menstruation, a long course of local cauterizations of the womb, spinal braces, and endless tonics and narcotics. I broke up the association which had nearly been fatal to both women, and, confidently prom- ising a cure, carried out my treatment in full. In three months she went home well and happy, greatly improved in looks, her skin clear, her functions regular, and weighing one hundred and thirty-six pounds.