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Febrile and Inflammatory Complaints

- Rice, arrow root, and other farinaceous substances, are the best in all diseases of this class; and where the patient is much debilitated, beef broth in small quantities is recommended. Acid drinks, such as lemonade, cream of tartar, and orange water, are very good, as also the usual tea and coffee the latter only at meal times, and not made strong. Oranges, and in fact anything of that nature, may be eaten freely during the prevalence of heat in the system, but during the chills and sweating turns of fevers, the drinks should be warming, and of such a character as to induce an increase of perspiration.