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Excerpt from The Retrospect of Medicine, Vol. 27: Being a Half-Yearly Journal, Containing a Retrospective View of Every Discovery and Practical Improvement in the Medical Sciences; January-June, 1853 Sarcina ventriculi. - One indication necessary to be ful filled in the treatment of this disease is to destroy the fungus by a regular and systematic exhibition Of alkalies, thereby removing the acidity so essential to its formation and development, and then to employ some remedy capable Of destroying its growth. This may be done by giving bicarbonate Of potash and infusion Of quassia, and afterwards the sulphite Of soda. The Operation of this salt seems to be that the sulphite being decomposed in the stomach by the acids therein generated, sulphurous acid gas is liberated, the destructive effects of which upon parasitic formations like the saro'ma is well known. (dr. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Full title: The Retrospect of Medicine, Vol. 27
• Subtitle: Being a Half-Yearly Journal, Containing a Retrospective View of Every Discovery and Practical Improvement in the Medical Sciences; January-June, 1853 (Classic Reprint)
• Author: W. Braithwaite
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 500
• EAN: 9781334713811
• ISBN: 1334713812
• ID: 15660838
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Weight: 664 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. December 2016

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