A treatise on the use of cod-liver oil in the treatment of chronic rheumatism, scrofula and consumption, bronchitis and asthma, and all diseases of the lungs and throat / by Emery Souther.

  • Souther, Emery.
Date:
1848
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Credit: A treatise on the use of cod-liver oil in the treatment of chronic rheumatism, scrofula and consumption, bronchitis and asthma, and all diseases of the lungs and throat / by Emery Souther. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 In the January number. 1842, the above Journal says:—We think that from so respectable an authority as Dr. Bennett, a sim- ple intimation in any of the journals, that he had found Cod-liver Oil useful in such and such cases, and had witnessed its successful employment in Germany, would have secured all practical ends.) Dr. B. says, the diseases this Oil is capable of curing, are rheuma- tism, gout, scrofula, rachitis, malacosteon, scrofulous-caries of the bones, atrophia mesenterica, phthisis pulmonalis, chronic skin dis- eases, scrofulous ulcers, scrofulous diseases of the eyes. Dr. B. has, according to his own statement, cured vomica and caverns of the lungs, by the use of this Oil. In the same journal, page 442, Dr. Forbes adds :— That the strong and recurring evidence of the beneficial effects of the oleum jecoris aselli, forbids us to doubt that it is an agent of considerable efficacy in some cases; and he trusts that his pre- sent notice of it, will induce members of the profession to embrace suitable opportunities of testing its merits. [From the London Lancet, June 27, 1846.] On the Use of Cod-liver Oil in diseases of the Respiratory System.—The efficacy of the Oil of Cod-liver in phthisis pulmo- nalis, (or consumption,) has recently been attested by several ob- servers. Dr. Thompson, who is one of the physicians of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, at Brompton, states that he has derived more benefit from it than from any other medicine which he has tried. Dr. Toogood and Dr. Huss speak of its value. The above journal, of 1848, says of the use of Cod-liver Oil, in phthisis :— The beneficial effects of this animal oil, in Con- sumption, though undoubted in certain cases, appear to be but little known to the generality of the profession in this country. That it is capable of effecting more good than any other medicine with which we are acquainted, we have convinced ourselves by a considerable experience. Dr. Madden, of Torquay, says, on some points connected with Tubercle of the Lungs, that his experience of Cod-liver Oil, in phthisis, is extremely favorable. The manufacturer has permission to refer all invalids, who may desire it, to various individuals who have used the Oil. For obvious reasons, a parade of their names in a pamphlet might be unpleasant to them, but they will be given to any who wish to consult them before using it.