The history of medicine; and a review of, and objections to, the present prevailing theories on fevers. To which are added observations on diaetetics / [Samuel Davidson].

  • Davidson, Samuel (Surgeon)
Date:
1791
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Credit: The history of medicine; and a review of, and objections to, the present prevailing theories on fevers. To which are added observations on diaetetics / [Samuel Davidson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    next between cow’s and goat’s milk, fo that thefe are fcarcely diftingtiiftiable by experiments ; the one or other is to be chofen, according as we want a greater or lefs proportion of the ingredients; if we wifli to throw in a quantity of the oily parts, to relax the parts with which they may come in contadl, or to prevent the veflels from being irri- tated by the acrimony of the fluids, then* afs’s milk will be proper; milk may alfo fometimes produce more effedls from containing much fac- charine matter, and fuch as have the greateft quantity of this matter are eafieft diflblved with water; and fo from analogy in the flomach, afs’s milk, or human milk, will be found to anfwer bell. Befldes, particular parts of the milk may be employed for other purpofes, as whey for a dilu- ent ; this confifts chiefly of water, and is very a- greeable, and is alfo often capable of producing confiderable effedls on the conftitution; it may be formed by mixing xht faccharum ladiis with water; it has, with juftice, as 1 think, got a great charadler from the Swifs, who prepare the faccha^ rum in great quantities as an excellent reftorative^ particularly in phthifical ailments. Sect. 4. III. Of Animal Food. ccnfidering this part of dlastetics, we may