Medical Treatment Content
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Medical Treatment Content
Overview
Medical Treatment Content is a mid‑19th‑century English‑language text authored by Ellis and attributed to Drexel University. The document, dated 1851, is a single‑page manuscript that appears in two accompanying JPEG images (a0721851ellis021.jpg and a0721851ellis022.jpg). The text is formatted as a continuous paragraph, with no headings or section breaks, and is reproduced in the archive as both a text record and the two scanned images.Background
Ellis is identified only as the author; no further biographical data are provided. The association with Drexel University is likely a cataloging artifact, as the institution was founded in 1891. The manuscript originates from the PINAX collection, a digital repository of historical medical documents. The 1851 date places the work in the early Victorian era, a period of emerging public health practices and growing interest in preventive medicine.Contents
The text discusses a range of ailments—neuralgia, heart disease, liver disease, and other unspecified conditions—and attributes their prevalence to deficiencies in nutrient supply, weak pulse, and low body temperature. Ellis advocates a holistic treatment regimen that includes:- Ventilation of the environment
- Regular gentle exercise outdoors
- Cold or tepid baths as appropriate
- Mild medicinal tonics
- Regular bodily evacuations
- A healthy, nourishing diet
- Mental well‑being free from anxiety and corrosive concerns
The OCR extracts from the two images confirm these recommendations and provide additional context, such as the emphasis on the interdependence of material, form, and function in bodily organs. No tables, illustrations, or footnotes are present; the manuscript is purely textual.
Scope
The document covers medical treatment practices of the mid‑19th century, focusing on disease prevention and general health maintenance. It addresses both physical and mental aspects of health, with particular attention to nutrition, exercise, and environmental factors. The text does not include detailed clinical protocols, pharmacological data, or case studies, and it is limited to the diseases and treatments mentioned above. The archive’s inclusion of the two JPEG images preserves the original manuscript’s visual format, allowing researchers to examine the handwriting and layout directly.Entities
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Raw Cheimarros Data
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@ellis:person {full_name: "Ellis", role: "author"}
@medical_treatment_content -> mentions -> [@weak_pulse:concept {description: "Reduced strength of the pulse"}, @low_body_temperature:concept {description: "Body temperature below normal standards"}, @nutrient_deficiency:concept {description: "Insufficient supply of nutrient material needed for organ building and function"}]
@medical_treatment_content -> discusses -> [@neuralgia, @heart_disease, @liver_disease]
@medical_treatment_content -> recommends -> [@ventilation:concept {description: "Well‑ventilated environment"}, @exercise:concept {description: "Regular gentle exercise in the open air"}, @cold_baths:concept {description: "Cold baths appropriate to circumstances"}, @tepid_baths:concept {description: "Tepid baths appropriate to circumstances"}, @tonic:concept {description: "Mild medicinal tonics"}, @evacuation:concept {description: "Regular bodily evacuations"}, @healthy_diet:concept {description: "Good, healthy, nourishing diet"}, @mental_wellbeing:concept {description: "Mind free from anxious and corrosive cares"}]
@file_a072_1851ellis_021_jpg -> part_of -> @medical_treatment_content
@file_a072_1851ellis_022_jpg -> part_of -> @medical_treatment_contentMetadata
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OCR Text
continues; the pulse is weak and sluggish, the temperature below the normal standard—and they suffer greatly from pains of various kinds; apiring almost every disease: Neuralgia, disease of the Heart, Liver diseases &c are a few of the many diseases which they appear to labour under—every organ suffers because no organ has a proper supply of that nutrient material which it so necessary for the building and supporting of these organs in such a manner as do enable them to perform their respective functions in a normal manner—material, form, and function go together so that the latter cannot be normal when the former is abnormal— The treatment in such cases should consist in a well ventilated
OCR Text
apartment, regular gentle exercise in the open air, cold or tepid baths—according to circumstances mild tonics, regular evacuations &c.—But above all good healthy nourishing diet—and a mind from anxious and corroding cares.
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