Observations and experiments on the Humulus lupulus of Linnaeus : with an account of its use in gout, and other diseases, with cases / by A. Freake.

  • Freake, A.
Date:
1806
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Credit: Observations and experiments on the Humulus lupulus of Linnaeus : with an account of its use in gout, and other diseases, with cases / by A. Freake. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    very restless, and though opiates procured sleep, they increased the costiveness. She was affected frequently with flying pains, which were con- sidered to be connected with Gout, a disease to which her family had been subject, and which it was supposed she had not strength enough to throw off. In the case of this Lady, whose stomach had been exceedingly weakened by age and disease, and to whom every medicine in the Pharmacopoeia likely to relieve her had been administered, I was induced to try the Tinctura Lupuli Composita, of which I gave a drachm with ten drachms of distilled water, in a draught, twice a day, with the intention and liope of strengthening the stomach. The me- dicine was continued in this dose for sixteen days; the flying pains were eased, rest was pro- cured, the stomach became stronger, and the bowels less costive. After this I gave it in the same quantity, three times a day, and this plan I pursued for a month, at the end of which time, she was in every respect, considerably
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