An essay on the diseases of the bile, more particularly its calculous concretions, called gall-stones / [William White].

  • William White
Date:
1771
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Credit: An essay on the diseases of the bile, more particularly its calculous concretions, called gall-stones / [William White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    % [ 22 ] fufion of red in the fkin being vanifh- cd. Erylipelatofe, and other kinds of inflammations, and violent fevers of the putrid clafs, are the confequences of its continuance. Its prcedifpofmg and occafionalcaufes are, iji, A naturally robufl: and bili-» ous temperament of the body. zd. A too conftant ufe of animal food; efpe- daily when roafted, high feafoned, and kept fo long as to verge upon putrefaction. ' 3^. A neglect of vege¬ table diet, farinaceous food, and acids, A conftant drinking of fpirituous liquors, as they are incapable of fer¬ mentation in their own nature, and iiniverfally impede that procefs in o-^ ther bodies. The cure is performed by medicines counterading putrefadion, and fuch as obviate the putrid acrimony. By mild and demulcent food, efpecially white meats, chiefly boiled, and broths made from them. A milk, and vegetable diet; here we include the ufe of recent vegetables, as fal- lads, and all kind of fruits. The drink muft be of fermented liquors, and not fparing, as wines, malt li- quorSj cyder, perry, &c. of the wines, pur f