An inquiry into the medicinal value of the excreta of reptiles, in phthisis and some other diseases / by John Hastings.

  • Hastings, John, 1805-1875.
Date:
1862
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Credit: An inquiry into the medicinal value of the excreta of reptiles, in phthisis and some other diseases / by John Hastings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    prepared the new agent of the following strength:— ]£>. Excretor. gr. viij. Aq. Dest. oj- Bromine gutt. xx. Aq. Dest. Oviij. n|. I usually prescribed of this mixture a tea- spoonful to a tablespoonful three times a day. I may add that I generally used the same strength when I was desirous of employing the agent externally. Notwithstanding my expe- riments with the solvents, I did not altogether neglect the watery solution, more particularly in phthisis ; and, indeed, I have often found it difficult to decide which of the solutions was the most valuable in the treatment of that disease. If, as I believe it will be admitted, the uric acid in the excreta undergoes some change on the addition of the bromine, there must be in this new agent something indepen- dent of the urate of ammonia which produces the effects detailed in the following pages. But a still stronger argument in support of this theory is derived from the fact that I have lately employed the urate of ammonia in several cases of phthisis and asthma, and, as I shall show, without success. The urate of ammonia,