A dissertation on the Oleum Palmae Christi, sive Oleum Ricini; or, (as it is commonly called) castor oil; in which its history is illustrated; its properties and virtues explained; and its uses in bilious, calculous, and other disorders recommended / By Peter Canvane.

  • Canvane, Peter, 1720-1786.
Date:
1775
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Credit: A dissertation on the Oleum Palmae Christi, sive Oleum Ricini; or, (as it is commonly called) castor oil; in which its history is illustrated; its properties and virtues explained; and its uses in bilious, calculous, and other disorders recommended / By Peter Canvane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ Hi ] PREFACE. 2^*3F|l HAVE lately read, with great )& l $j{ pleafure, four elegant treati- ^S °n t^ie co^lca Planum, or dry belly-ach, written by four living and fhining ornaments of the pro- feffion, in four different parts of Eu¬ rope ; I mean by the incomparable Pr. Huxham of Plymouth; the judicious Dr. de Haen of Vienna ; the learned Dr. Thierry of Paris; and the metho¬ dical Dr. Tronchin of Amsterdam. Thofe gentlemen have treated the fub- jedt with the utmoll: art; have inveftigate.d the caufes and fymptoms with the greateft perfpicuity; and have all unanimoufly agreed to commence the cure with pur¬ gatives ; but unfortunately none of that clafs of medicines we know of, in the B a mate*