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d 0 jWibmer, Wirk. d. Arzneim. u. Gifte. Bd. iv. S. 9) have destroyed(c \ injecting half an ounce of olive oil into the veins,diflj ■' P'u man .—The fixed oils are extremely nutritious, but they arell,. a U t °f digestion, and hence are apt to disagree with dyspeptics. Dr./j: ,llll °nt {Exp. and Observ. on the Gastric Juice and the Phys. ofe Xi7. ■ ) ^ las ful ’y satisfied himself of the accuracy of this statement, bydements on a man who had a fistulous opening in the stomach. Heof diat fatty substances required a longer time to undergo the processio, .Unification than other alimentary substances, and that bile was an
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a t agent in facilitating their digestion. Some writers (as Dr.
c 0n p son , Elem. of Hygiene, p.289) are of opinion that, taken as awi tli sala(l J °il promotes the digestibility of the latter.
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.°"’ed in large doses, olive oil acts as a laxative, in general, without
p' nlJIUn g pain.
b e i I1( S r Es -'~ln England the dietetical uses of olive oil are very limited,
^ principally confined to its mixture with salads. In Spain and)C ° l ber countries it is frequently employed as a substitute for butter.'yP'd’tivs should carefully avoid its use.
it is not often administered by the mouth. As a mildHi t ! ” e it may be used in irritation, inflammation, or spasm of the ali-is tvl a !'. eanal, or of the urino-genital organs. In irritant poisoning itH '"nted as an emollient and demulcent, to involve acrid and corrosive
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'as Ces ’ an( l s l iea th the stomach from their action. At one time ita 11( j ’j'Tposed to possess antidotal properties for arsenical poisons ;a tll j , J r - Paris {Pharmacol , vol. i. p. 97, 6th edit.) tells us, that thea tcl ° tC <m v 'hich the men employed in the copper-smelting workse 'er v U burning-houses in Cornwall , rely with confidence, “ wlien-wjhey are infested with more than an ordinary portion of arsenicalill () ar > is sweet oil; and an annual sum is allowed by the proprietors,t Ca J < ( ‘ r tliat it may be constantly supplied.” There is, however, notiigjjj. 11 to believe that its agency is more than mechanical, as alreadyf, Jr l0r *ed (see p. 396). Oil was formerly recommended as an antidoteC^handes, but the discovery of the solubility of cantharidin in oilNi e , to the suspicion that instead of alleviating it might increase theew "ts danger. There is no just ground for supposing that oil, applieditig y a % or taken internally, has any particular influence in counteract-l^ts* 6 °P era ti on or relieving the effects of the poison of venomous ser-
in , ’ ll0 tw ithstanding the high encomiums that have been passed on it.V t Ulmona ry or bronchial irritation, and spasmodic cough, olive oil is4 lW| Ule . S ta ^ en ' n the form of emulsion (made with gum, albumen, orAs " fill benefit; but in such cases, almond oil is generally preferred.
(jj. an lhelmintic, olive oil is occasionally used.dy Se 1Ve oil is a frequent constituent of laxative enemata, especially intilery, or irritation of the bowels or of the neighbouring viscera,genially it is used in the form of liniment (as the linimentum ammo-Ovgj. 11( 1 linimentum ammonia sesquicarbonatis ; see p. 176). Smeared[ifuf ; body, it has been recommended by Berchtold and others
^"arfl <ln ^' s Journ. Bd. vi. S. 437 ; and Bd. xii. St. iii. S. 153) as a safc-a 'l(l .i a S a bist the plague. It may be employed also to relax the skinin „ . lea -th irritable surfaces. Frictions of olive oil have been employedIn an ^ anasarca.
Pnurrnacy, olive oil is employed in the preparation of liniments,