A dissertation upon the sugar of milk; in which is shwwn its great efficacy in consumptions, hectic fevers, the scurvy, vapours or hysterics ... / by J. L Dyvernois.
- Dyvernois, J. L.
- Date:
- 1753
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A dissertation upon the sugar of milk; in which is shwwn its great efficacy in consumptions, hectic fevers, the scurvy, vapours or hysterics ... / by J. L Dyvernois. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Sugar of Mi]k is to be preferred to all o- l>thers; becaufe bracing Medicines, and thofe the Parts whereof are generally ftiff and heavy, are likely in what Meafure foever taken, to make too great an Impreflion. I dcfire a particular Attention to what fol¬ lows, that I may not be accufed of having faid too much, when I have fpoke of the Virtues of the Sugar of Milk, that it is to this Clafs or Order of Patients that I confine the Ufe of it, viz. in the Cafes al¬ ready enumerated. The Sugar of Milk is then exceeding mild in its Operation, and it almoft ads in an imperceptible Manner. Youmuft continue it for fome Time to receive a fenfible Benefit from it. It doth not heat during its Operation; you only perceive that it keeps the Body open and maintains a free Courfe of Urine. It is for this Reafon, that in Perfons ex¬ tremely weak, or in the Heat of a Fever, when you would procure thefe Sorts of Evacuations, you may do it conveniently by this Remedy, if you cannot put any other in Pradice. The general Dofc of this Medicine is from half a Dram to two Drams. You may always continue the fame Dofe as you began with ; and you may take two Dofes of it every Day. It matters not what Vehicle you take it in, provided it be mild and not contra¬ ry to the Diftemper you are to deal with. I](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3038302x_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
