Observations on pulmonary consumption, or, An essay on the Lichen Islandicus, considered both as an aliment and a medicine in that disorder / by J.B. Regnault, M.D.

  • Huguenin, Moses, 1756-1819.
Date:
1802
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    is one instance in which we ought to adopt this doctrine of the ancients, it is undoubtedly in Phthisis pulmonahs; where we must not only attend to the bad state of the lungs, but correct the whole mass of the fluids, which are altered or infected, if the disorder has made any progress; and as evacuants only weaken the patient, without ameliorating the state of the fluids, we must insist on employing remedies which may change the bad consti- tution which has supervened through the whole system. It is this certainty, which has de- termined us to prepare the Lichen Islandicus* as an aliment, in order to extract from it all the advantages it can yield. Mr. Cramer has proved from the nature of its constituent principles, and the long ex- perience of the Icelanders, that this substance is nourishing, and at the same time easy of digestion, strengthens the solids, and although mucilaginous. * Alexander Trallianus, Rhases, Meibonius, Clerc, Daniel Cruger, La Peyre, speak of the great advantages of medicinal nourishment in Phthisis. J 6 Disseriatio inaiigiiralis medica de Lichene Islandico, 179Q, in 4to.