A treatise on the diseases of negroes as they occur in the island of Jamaica with observations on the country remedies / [James Thomson].
- Thomson, James, active 1814-1820.
- Date:
- 1820
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on the diseases of negroes as they occur in the island of Jamaica with observations on the country remedies / [James Thomson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![154 exiremely low and swampy. She had, uséd bark and :snake-root, without being able to get rid of it. The extract of the coffee, atong with a Bae fe of the powder, was given for ten days. . The foo ceased to trouble her, and the cemedy was continued for some time afterwards. I could mention several other eases that have been successfully treated, in. this’ manner by coffee, which seems to prove, that, by itself, or in coniunction with other substances, it may prove serviceable in interm stent fevers: J have not been able to dete ermine the doses accurately. . CONVOLVULUS, OR BIND-WEEDS. From this extensive tribe of plants, a strong drastic purgative can be procured. . Four years ago I sent home.various specimens of the inspissated. juices, some of which were given me, and others I prepared myself. They were found by the. gentloman to whom I sent them to be of a very active nature, and peseetie violentiy, un til, from repeated trials, he learnt how to regulate the dose, and moderate the effects, by combining, other ar tetpetole] , : From the sea-side potatoe-siip I have prepared an exiraet eats ing every, appearance of scammony. In doses of twenty gra ith aloes, 1 have found it quick and. safe in exciting the action of the intestines, and it might prove of service if cultivated. From. the Indian creeper, and Spanish arbour vine. Ihave, pro- cured, by evaporation, an inspissated juice, which has answered ail the purposes of the stronger purges. sx. Instead of giving, large doses at once, seven or eight grains are to be repeated every two hours till complete operation 1s obtattetiae . . CHINA-ROOT AND SARSAPARILLA. It is somewhat surprising that medical men, end others, trust urgent cases to the uncertain qualities of this simple mucilaginous plant, How it has kept its ground so long I am at a loss to dis- cover... Its innocent Henig properties are the most that can be said in its favour. Gallons are drunk:with the view of remov-~ ing inveterate cases of conceived ltes venerea, bone-ache, ill-cured yaws, and other constitutional symptoms. ‘The regulated diet and care the patient takes of himself while using it are the causes of the apparent success attending it. Nothing in reality can be ex pected from so trifling a remedy. | Laas](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32886226_0164.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
