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Rosamond McKenney Sweet Diary, 1915
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Fully two days before an operation a purgative should be administered followed by a suitable diet the next day. This diet should be mainly liquid. Fruits, vegetables, and especially carbohydrates should be excluded. As milk causes a certain about of residue in the intestines it should be limited. Much benefit derieved from intestinal antiseptics for a few days before. It is almost impossible to relax a patient when there is food in the stomach and distention with gas. Nausea and vomiting usually follow this condition. - Hunt; Int. Journ. of Surg. | Fully two days before an operation a purgative should be administered followed by a suitable diet the next day. This diet should be mainly liquid. Fruits, vegetables, and especially carbohydrates should be excluded. As milk causes a certain about of residue in the intestines it should be limited. Much benefit derieved from intestinal antiseptics for a few days before. It is almost impossible to relax a patient when there is food in the stomach and distention with gas. Nausea and vomiting usually follow this condition. - Hunt; Int. Journ. of Surg. | ||
| − | Weather: Warm so much | + | Weather: Warm so much so, that I had the door open all the time I was frying out the fresh pork to put away for summer. Made fride cakes John drove the girls to school and went for them don't know where else all over I guess. after cleaning house. |
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| + | [Alita?] & Eugene were here, & got the pig | ||
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Friday, January 8
8 days past 357 to come
Points on Anesthesia - No.1.
Fully two days before an operation a purgative should be administered followed by a suitable diet the next day. This diet should be mainly liquid. Fruits, vegetables, and especially carbohydrates should be excluded. As milk causes a certain about of residue in the intestines it should be limited. Much benefit derieved from intestinal antiseptics for a few days before. It is almost impossible to relax a patient when there is food in the stomach and distention with gas. Nausea and vomiting usually follow this condition. - Hunt; Int. Journ. of Surg.
Weather: Warm so much so, that I had the door open all the time I was frying out the fresh pork to put away for summer. Made fride cakes John drove the girls to school and went for them don't know where else all over I guess. after cleaning house.
Billy 12 miles that I know
[Alita?] & Eugene were here, & got the pig
