A dissertation upon the sugar of milk; in which is shwwn its great efficacy in consumptions, hectic fevers, the scurvy, vapours or hysterics ... / by J. L Dyvernois.

  • Dyvernois, J. L.
Date:
1753
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Credit: A dissertation upon the sugar of milk; in which is shwwn its great efficacy in consumptions, hectic fevers, the scurvy, vapours or hysterics ... / by J. L Dyvernois. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and attenuate thick Humours, to de- obftruate thofe Veffels that are clogged, to keep the Strainers open, to reftore every where a free and perfecfl Circula¬ tion. The fulphureous Parts where¬ with it is loaded, and that *are percep¬ tible by the Smell and Taftc, are very proper to foften, and corredf the Acri¬ mony and Sharpnefs of our Juices, and to relax the folid Parts, which are too tight, and too much ftretched, be the Caufe whatfoever it will. What can there be more proper for Perfons of a delicate and tender Conftitution î In the Phthifick, chiefly in that of the Lungs and in an Afthma, efpecially a dry Afth- ma, than this Salt, ib mild and mode¬ rate, to difengage the fmallefl: of the pulmonary Vefî'els, which are much clogged and huffed, to diffipate, refolve and foften thofe Tubercles which are formed there, and to deterge, cleanfe, and fcour that ulcerated Part ? What more fitting in thefe Subjeds, than this mild and affured Opener, at the Begin¬ ning of the Obflrudion of the Mefen- tçry, and of other Vifccra, and in that of the Glands of Articulations, in Hy- pocondriacks as well as gouty Perfons, and in fome fort of nephî itick Cholicks ; what can be more efficacious for the fame Reafons, in flow and hedick Fe¬ vers,