Physiological reflections on the destructive operation of spirituous and fermented liquors on the animal system / [T. Forster].

  • Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster
Date:
1812
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    4ppcndix.'] SO dogs, before the appearance of hydrophobia, which would lead us to refer that disease to antecedent disorder of their digestive organs ? The evacuation of the well- known Album Graecum, and other circumstances, show a variety in the digestive functions of dogs. I have given the pil. hydrarg. to unhealthy dogs with great benefit. In one case, a cutaneous disease re* sembling the mange subsided by these means. The diseases of domestic animals are interesting, inasmuch as they show the power of unnatural food and habits to cause a variety of disorders, and con¬ firm the opinion that human diseases are chiefly re¬ ferable to the same cause. In dissecting tame ani¬ mals I have frequently found ossifications of the soft parts, and preternatural tumours; but I never remem¬ ber to have found any marks of organic disease in those which might be properly called wild. P. 23.1. 9* It is possible that many persons who have been long accustomed to the excessive stimulus of much wine or spirits cannot leave them off all at once: this must then be effected by degrees. With regard to the medical use of wine, it seems that there are a few cases in which, from a particular state of ex¬ haustion and insensibility, brought on, perhaps, by habitual stimulus, it may be necessary to add sti¬ mulating liquors to a certain extent, to enable the stomach to perform the office of digestion, to pre¬ vent mortification, etc. But in many low fevers, in which the use of such remedies has been generally thought necessary, a plan of treatment which in such a variety of other cases has proved efficient, has been pursued, and attended with unexpected success. I mean such remedies as have a known power to excite and strengthen the alimentary canal j the