Coca Erythroxylon (Vin Mariani) : its uses in the treatment of disease : with notes and comments by prominent physicians.
- Mariani & Company
- Date:
- 1886
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Coca Erythroxylon (Vin Mariani) : its uses in the treatment of disease : with notes and comments by prominent physicians. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![Union Medicale, Dec. 5, 1875. Case of muscular laryngeal weakness^ ti-eated successfully with Vi7i Mariani, Observation gathered from the laryngo- scopical Clinic of Prof. Ch. Fauvel. Miss de B , a lyric artist, aged 22, consulted Dr. Fauvel, April 16, 1869. Tall, and of a good constitution, having no hereditary affliction, the patient complained of a hoarseness, existing about four months, which had resisted all remedies employed until then. In speaking, the voice was only a little impaired; in singing, the medium notes particularly were produced without purity and without effect. It was remarkable that the higher and the lower notes were relatively good. The laryngoscope demon- strated the mucous membrane of the larynx to be palo and dis- colored ; the inferior vocal cords were as white as in their nor- mal state, but were relaxed, and the most energetic efforts of phonation could not bring them into complete apposition. The patient was considerably anemic and pale. The menses were irregular and very abundant; digestion very bad, and some- times there was vomiting. The anemic condition amply ex- plained the relaxation of the inferior vocal cords. In fact, there was want of action of the intrinsic muscles of the larynx. The anemia sufficiently explained also harassing fits of coughing, of which the |)atient complained. Auscultation of the chest indicated tha't there was no tuber- culosis. The anemic state had already been treated for two months with quinine and iron, but with absolutely no result; only these two remedies had caused a very obstinate constipa- tion. Electricity applied near the course of the recurrent nerves improved the voice somewhat, but did not render it nor- mal in quality. Dr. Chas. Fauvel prescribed Coca in the form of Viii Maricmi in the close of two wineglassfuls daily, without any other medicine. On the seventh day a decided improvement in the t]n?bre of the voice was noticed, and the patient was able](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21069360_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
