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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    ** with scurvy or pre disposed to it. Its mild ■ * and unctuous properties render it an cxcel- lent defence against the acrimonious deflux- ions which attend catarrh, and by irritating ** the fauces, produce violent coughs. The consumptive will find in the use of it a medicinal aliment, which they would in vain search for elsewhere. If they would take no other nourishment than chocolate, or creams made with farinaceous and demulcent substan- ces, such as semolina, sago, vermicelli, the oatmeal of Brittany, and others of this kind; it is certain they would derive much more advantage from it than from the use of any milk. In a word, well prepared chocolate is at the same time an excellent diet, and no con- temptible stomachic remedy, as well on ac- count of its nutritive qualities as of those of the saponaceous, balsamic and digestive , salts with which it abounds. It is equally pectoral by virtue of its oleaginous quality. Independent of this preparation, we have made others with the Iceland Moss, such as creams, pastils, jellies, biscuits, and gruel; in short we have varied it as much as possible, to prevent our patients experiencing that , dis- gust which arises fron^ upiformity. OF