On pepsine / by M. Boudault ; translated by W. Stevens Squire.

  • Boudault, P.C.
Date:
1863
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Credit: On pepsine / by M. Boudault ; translated by W. Stevens Squire. 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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    Dose. The way in which I have given it has depended on the diet on which the patient is. If regular meals are eaten, then it is best taken spread as a sandwich between two thin sHces of bread at the commencement of the dinner. Fifteen grains of the starchy powder is the usual dose for an adult. If the patient is so ill that the food is obliged to be administered more frequently and in small quantities, so as to keep up a continuous supply, smaller doses of the Pepsine powder may be given in a draught every four or five hours. From Dh. BALLARD. 43, Myddelton Square, E.G. Dear Sir,—The second edition of my little work on ''Arti- ficial Digestion^ was just out of print, when I received your note, in which you invite me to append to your translation of M. Boudault's pamphlet any observations that I may be dis- posed to make, respecting the results of my more mature ex- perience of the use of Pepsine in the treatment of disease. My first edition was published just twelve months ago, when Boudault^s preparation was scarcely known here, and it is highly satisfactory to me to find that the medicine which I was then instrumental in introducing to the Profession in this country has so rapidly attained a position amongst our esta- blished remedies. 1'hus ray object has been attained, the medi- cine has been extensively used, and its value tested, and con- sequently, any further issue of the work appears unnecessary. At the same time it is not to be concealed that, like every other new remedy laying claim to remarkable powers, its reputation * Preface to the Second Edition.—It is gratifying to find that the subject of Artificial Digestion has excited the interest of the Profession. Nothing that I can add will enhance the force of the facts ah-eady put forth, nor have I seen any reason as yet to modify the opinions which those facts have led me to form. 1 take this opportuin'ty, however, of warning those who ])ropose adopting this method of treatment, of the spurious character of some of the Poudre Nutri- mentive, or Pepsine, which is sold. To avoid disappoiutmeat, it should be tested as to its transforming power.before administration. 42, Myddelton Square, Jan., 1857.