Observations on pulmonary consumption, or an essay on the lichen islandicus, considered both as an aliment and a medicine in that disorder / [Jean-Baptiste Étienne Benoît Olive Regnault].

  • Regnault, Jean-Baptiste Étienne Benoît Olive, 1759-1836.
Date:
1802
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Credit: Observations on pulmonary consumption, or an essay on the lichen islandicus, considered both as an aliment and a medicine in that disorder / [Jean-Baptiste Étienne Benoît Olive Regnault]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tude of proofs. “ The true Physi- “ cian,” says the celebrated Baglivi, “ is he who studies Nature best, and “ who is led by a profound investi- “ gation to her most hidden myste- <£ ries, by a chain of observations, “ conducted by good sense, and se- “ vere reflection.” Observations are * the demonstrations of a Physician. It will be seen in our treatment of the following cases, that we have not o 7 neglected general means, when cir¬ cumstances required them; but we owe our uniform success, to the ac¬ tivity with which we have employed a remedy, hitherto administered, in doses far too small, to produce the advantage which may be derived from it. To judge with greater certainty of the medicinal powers of the Lichen B 3 Islandicus,