Address of Earl Stanhope, president of the Medico-Botanical Society, for the anniversary meeting, January 16, 1837.

  • Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope
Date:
1837
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Credit: Address of Earl Stanhope, president of the Medico-Botanical Society, for the anniversary meeting, January 16, 1837. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    kidneys, and which, in his judgment, is essential to its operation. In cases of Exanthema the Patient must not be discouraged if the remedy should at first produce a greater eruption, which, as Dr. Murray tells us, is some- times experienced. The Decoction is prepared, according to the directions of the Royal College, by boiling 2h oz. of the inner Bark in 2 pints of Water, till it is reduced to one half of the quantity; but if too much heat is em- ployed it becomes more bitter, and its mucilaginous quality is destroyed. As it is administered three or four times a day in doses of 4 or 6 oz., it might be desirable to ascer- tain whether its medicinal qualities would be preserved, if it were exhibited in a more concentrated, and therefore convenient, form; and in collecting the Bark it seems proper to observe the recommendation of Banau, to select Trees which are not above 10 or 12 years growth, as he thinks that they contain more of its essential property than those which are older. It is the opinion of Dr. Hancock, that this country possesses indigenous remedies “ equal in all respects to “ those abroad, were they duly attended to by intelligent “ persons, and employed in sufficient doses,” and that “ although in hot climates the essential properties may be “ more highly elaborated, yet those of this country are “ doubtless equally adapted to its diseases.” The former of these propositions is illustrated by the admirable Paper of Dr. Rousseau, on the efficacy of the common Holly in curing intermittent Fevers, even such as had resisted the use of Cinchona and Quinine; the latter by Dr. Sigmond, with respect to Elm Bark which, in some Leprous diseases that are known in this country, can be administered with very great advantage, although more potent remedies, like the Ionidium Marcucii, may be
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