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ELEMENTS OF MATERIA MEDICA.
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more than 8 per cent, of osmazome; and if isinglass contained 16 P ercould not be kept dry when exposed to the air. , j n v vate r
Isinglass is emollient, demulcent, and nutritive. It is employed, dissolved - i)¥a lid3or milk, and rendered palatable by acid and sugar, as a nutritious substance '°- s infc ri ° rand convalescents. Though highly nutritious and easily digestible, gelatinein both of these qualities to fibrine and albumen. . sa rcen et
A solution of isinglass with some tincture of benzoin is brushed over blacK ^r,
to form Court Plaster. It is also employed as a clarifying agent (for coffee
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vw twin* \svut v i nwtci. it lottiauciujtii/jcu as a cirtllljlll^ -.g ?»**
&c) Some of the constituents (as the colouring matter) of these liquids ui eL .jj>l'
ilia n-nl ntmo fn f/inm incnlnltln Amimnunrlc itlvii.li > * hoo i < > i t •> h% mwl in flip ild ^ .• -.hill*
the gelatine to form insoluble compounds, which precipitate, and in the act °|_ | l’ tlir bid;
tating the gelatine incloses within its parts the matters -
hich rendered the I’^pitaid ^
the Northern Ocean. Its flesh forms a valuable article of food. From its fi var .
tained Cod Oil, sometimes termed Cod's Liver Oil (Oleum Jecinoris Aselli)if^ oVi ed‘
of late years acquired considerable reputation on the continent for its rer ^ e ^^J > Jo^‘
It was strongly recommended, in 1782, by Dr. T. Percival (Lond. M ea " tll edJvol. iii. p. 393), and in 1807, by Dr. Bardsley (Med. Reports, p. 18), as a r, a nC J jfor chronic rheumatism ; for which disease, he states, it was in high repute |
shire. According to Pennant (Arctic Zoology, vol. iii. p. cccv. ,792) ilas follow s :—“ 1 hey take a half tub, and, boring a hole through the bottom- P ^ tb edown into a layer of spruce boughs; upon which they place the livers, 311 .. e . u ,js fn" 11whole apparatus to as sunny a place as possible. As the livers corrupt the oil 1 UI ,Jerthem, and, straining itself clear through the spruce boughs, is caught in a vessel no"'the hole in the tub’s bottom.” A wholesale dealer in oils informs me that cod 0
i irocured by boiling the livers of the fish. The German pharmacologists brt>"’!
finds of cod oil,—the one pale (oleum jecinoris aselli album), the other rel ( () dt' 3 ^
(oleum jecinoris aselli fuscumseu empyreumaticum). Only one kind is known to
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in this country. Its colour is chesnut brown ; its odour peculiar, like that “‘ oUt bed'
cod’sliver. A dealer suggests to me that the so-called pale cod-oil must be the ■
whale oil. Cod oil has been analyzed by Harder (Pharm. Central-Batt /“
S. 536). In 200 parts of the red kind (cod oil of English commerce) he f° ul ■ , ad"
' -------- dd 95-0, mar9f\u j
soft wax 0 130, brown hard resin 0-56, gelatine 0'931, oleic acid . hmr r>- ■■8 00, glycerin 18-00, colouring matter 25 00, chloride of calcium 0-2092, , / ,■
sodium 0 1883, and sulphate of potash 0 0614 (total 147 6809). Herbergerf ar ts1839, S. 855) has since obtained 2 586 parts of iodide of copper, and 0‘44 P jvey' " - " * ' <-,wl oil is exte bb
bromide of potassium, from 1000 parts of brown cod oil. Cod oil ■»employed by curriers in dressing leather. Of late years it has acquiredreputation in Germany , as an autiarthritic and antiscrophulous remedy- . W'S
the dose of a table-spoonful three times daily it sometimes acts as 3diaphoretic, and diuretic (Schenk, Hufeland ’s Joum. Bd. xxii.
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Taufflied (Lond. Med. Gaz. xxv. 846) declares that he never found the oj^ ur iiie
of from two to four spoonfuls a day, “ exert any appreciable influence upon J
perspiration, or produce any disturbance in the economy.” The disagreeable A*tb’'
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the oil sometimes creates nausea and sickness, but when habit has suruio
ypniKmnii/'p tr» it tlip«p pfFpi'fn pprsp Dr l^tirilslpu fnnnr] that must P^V
repugnance to it these effects cease. Dr. Bardsley found that most P 3lI f‘‘Ii) iu l|S .
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disposed to get fat under the use of it. The diseases in which this °'l * iaS a; ca cV K!esteemed are the following:—lstly. In Chronic gout and rheumatism its e ‘. )(bs( jbeen asserted by Gunther, Katzenberger, Beckhaus, Spitta, Kuod v. Helnistrei - u fj)ie'and others (Dierbacli, Neuest. Entd. in d. Mat. Med. Bd. i. S. 352, 1837)- ^ e j wi 1
found it useless in gouty arthritis. 2ndly. In Rachitis it is said to have been a
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distinguished success by Schenk, Schiitte, Osberghaus, De Roy, &c. 3dly- * !1 r, s o:
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Schiitte, Gumpert, Liiders, and Taufflied, speak in high terms of its efficacy- sa ii
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times succeeds where iodine fails. Even in tubercular phthisis benefit h 38 .^^,,^^have been gained by its use. 4thly. In Paralysis , Sehupinanu found >t ^jy. *Stbly. In Chronic Ophthalmia, Von Ammon used it with excellent results. . t ,, tbObstinate Skin Diseases, Richter found it useful. (For further details conce ^ ftto
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use of this oil consult Richter, Ausf. Arzneim. Bd. 1, S. 235; Dierbach , op > r.
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and 'Neuest. Entd. in Mat. Med. 1828, p. 270). The dose of this oil for 311 case s
table-spoonful three or four times a day, for several weeks, and in sll,ne . „ a- ,
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several months 1 One patient consumed thirty-six lbs. of oil in two years an (iJ bl(Taufflied). Dr. Bardsley gave from gss. to jiss. twice or thrice a day, in v l ‘r
beer. For children affected with rickets the dose is one or two tea-sp 00, Jand morning. It is usually taken unmixed, but is sometimes exhibited in 11 v ean emulsion. Peppermint water and lozenges have been recommended to re
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