Wine in the different forms of anaemia and atonic gout.

  • Bégin, M.E.
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[1874]
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Credit: Wine in the different forms of anaemia and atonic gout. 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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    energy, and in a large degree of tannin, which holds such a primary place in the coloration of the globules of the blood. Here it is valuable and important to be able to quote the opinion of the eminent professor of hygiene at the Faculty of Medicine, Bouchardat (Formulaire Magistral, 19th edition, page 179) : “For ordinary use, the full wines of France, pro- perly diluted in water, are judiciously chosen ; but in therapeutic uses the preference should be : given to a wane richer in tannin. For this purpose, none ought to supersede Bagnols Saint-Raphael, which has been prescribed for the last thirty years in the hospitals of Paris. It is used in the most varied forms of ansemia, chlorosis, anaemia of chronic gout, insufficient or badly regulated alimentation, pregnancy, intermittent fevers, old age, etc., etc. ; above all, it is efficacious in restoring strength after illness, or laborious and difficult digestion.” This agrees with the first principle laid down by Hippocrates, viz., that wine should be administered at the right time. And the results of a large ex- perience and careful observation fully support his second principle, that it should be taken in proper quantities. Let us commence by giving a summary notion of the different qualities of wines, but, before all, let us show how large is the variety of useful material found therein. It will suffice, for this, to cite a passage from the remarkable lecture of Profes- sor Bouchardat on the use and abuse of fermented drinks and strong liquors.* * “De l’Eau-de-vie, sea Dangers.”- Conferences popul&ireS; par A. i Houchardat et H. Junod, One vol. 12mo., price 1 fr. 25 c. 1—2
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