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Excerpt from Essay on the Iodide of Starch, as a Substitute for Cod Liver Oil, in the Treatment of Pulmonary Phthisis: True Copy of the Original Presented to the Faculty, and Printed by Authority of the Professor to Whom It Was Referred
I now treat Of the medicaments proposed in this paper and the study Of their therapeutic action, giving preference to that which is the most generally used, and extensively known, Cod Liver Oil; and in this connection I will casually mention its therapeutic and physiological properties, and its physical and chemical action.
Cod liver oil, as a medicinal agent, has been known for a long time in the treatment Of several diseases, and especially in scrofula affections; and Of late years has been so constantly re commended in the treatment of pulmonary consumption, and is now so closely identified with the disease that the one can not' be named without associating with it that Of the other. And it has been so frequently administered latterly by men standing high in the profession that many now contend that it is the ou ly specific for phthisis. Before treating its action and physio logical properties, I shall casually say a few words in relation to its physical qualities which may not be uninteresting.
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