A dissertation on the Oleum Palmae Christi, sive Oleum Ricini; or, (as it is commonly called) castor oil; in which its history is illustrated; its properties and virtues explained; and its uses in bilious, calculous, and other disorders recommended / By Peter Canvane.

  • Canvane, Peter, 1720-1786.
Date:
1775
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Credit: A dissertation on the Oleum Palmae Christi, sive Oleum Ricini; or, (as it is commonly called) castor oil; in which its history is illustrated; its properties and virtues explained; and its uses in bilious, calculous, and other disorders recommended / By Peter Canvane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cure it from abroad ; and I can venture to affirm, that, except the peruvian bark in intermitting cafes, I never met with a more valuable medicine in all bilious com- plamtSy and fome other diforders, which will be fpecified in the courfe of this pamphlet, * ‘ V . . The truth of this affertion I do not doubt but will be atteiled by thofe gen¬ tlemen of the profeffion, who have ever pradtifed abroad, and ufed this oil either in the Engliffi or French Leeward Carib- bee iflands. Mr. Frafer, who was furgeon to his majefty’s troops of the ifland of Anti¬ gua, has fome time ago given, in the medical ejfays of London, a very fhort but genuine account of fome of the pro¬ perties of this oil; being the only tradt I have ever feen publiffied of it : which to me feems very furprifing, as I am fure it has been ufed in thofe iflands with fuccefs thefe thirty or forty years.—I could have corroborated every affertion in the fol- B 3 lowing