On the use of alcoholic liquors in general and of the wine of St. Raphael in particular in temperate and cold countries / by Dr. Bouchardat.

  • Bouchardat, A. (Apollinaire), 1806-1886.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1879?]
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Credit: On the use of alcoholic liquors in general and of the wine of St. Raphael in particular in temperate and cold countries / by Dr. Bouchardat. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Principal conditions for the administration of St. Raphael. All the great physicians who have succeeded one another in the Paris hospitals have prescribed St. Raphael daily. Among the most illustrious who are now dead, we may name : Magendie, Rostan, Cho- mel, Velpeau, Requin, Monneret, Trousseau, Gri- solle. It is chiefly given when the deficient energy of the nutritive system has to be restored, and for these cases there is no better remedy. It is in this way that it is so useful in cases of ansemia, of general lowering of the system, with torpor of the digestive functions; so useful also to the weak and convales¬ cent. According to Chomel, Trousseau, Monneret, and Grisolle this precious modifier has helped to save the lives of patients whose state seemed hope¬ less. In intermittent fevers, which do not yield to qui¬ nine, St. Raphael in moderate, gradual doses pro¬ duces the most excellent effects. Todd and Professor Behier have tried alcohol in pneumonia successfully. Laennec, Fonssagrives, and Grisolle prefer wine when the malady is accompanied by alarming symptoms of sinking and of total prostration. In the varied forms of debility this excellent tonic is of the greatest use.