A practical treatise on the efficacy of stizolobium, or, cowhage, internally administered, in diseases occasioned by worms. To which are added, observations on other anthelmintic medicines of the West-Indies / by William Chamberlaine.
- Date:
- 1785
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A practical treatise on the efficacy of stizolobium, or, cowhage, internally administered, in diseases occasioned by worms. To which are added, observations on other anthelmintic medicines of the West-Indies / by William Chamberlaine. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![[ 3- ] • Nevertlielefs, however i-noftenfive in ge- neral the Cowhage may be, -reaibn will dic- tate to us, that where the mucus of the ftomach and inteftines is abraded, or lef- fened, from dyfentery, cholera-morbus, or any other caufe whatfoever ; or where there is a tendency towards inflammation in any part of the inteftinal canal, the exhibition of this medicine cannot be unattended with danger. I fhall not go fo far as to fay, in praife of this my favourite medicine, that I never knew it to fail j but I will fay, that I have experienced more certain good efFeils, and fewer ill confequences, than from any other medicine, given v/ith the fame intention; infomuch, that I have, fince I firfb began to exhibit the Cowhage, had no occafioa to look for* any other vermifuge. The wonderful and falutary effeds which I faw from the ufe of this medicine, both in Yny own praftice, and that of others, among whom it obtained the fame univcrfality, ani likewife among thofe, who, though not in the mtdical line, freely adminiftred it, both to their own children, and their negroes, without any dread of ill confequences, in- duced](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21963915_0049.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
