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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    A P P E N D I X, ' - -- - . Wrote by the^Perfon who publiflies this DifTertatiqn in T <• • Th e* ,above Papers recommending the Sugar of Milk for the Scurvy; and this complaint being fo univerfal, it will not be improper here to add, that I have, feen furprizing Effeds per¬ formed in Scorbutic Cafes by Herbs boiled in Milk, which is entirely to be attributed to the Whey or ferous Part of the Milk, fincc the cafeous Portion and that which generates the Butter remains coagulated in the Sierfe. So that I do not doubt, but a Decodion of aur ti-fcorbntic Herbs ufed as a Vehicle for the Sugar of Milk fuch as Scurvy-grafs, Brook-lime, Leaves ot Worm wood,Sorre), Fumitory, Spleen-wort, Betony, Car- duus benedidtus, the leffer Centaury, and Marü:itreioii,will overcome the Obhinacy of this Diib^mper, and fubdue all its for¬ midable Symptoms. Remarkable Inftan- ces alio have occurred in fcrophulous Cafes by Milk boiled with Water-crciies and drained* In