A practical treatise on the peculiar tonic & stomachic properties of the round-leaf cornel, (Cornus circinata) : particularly in cases of indigestion of weakly & elderly people, and for local and general debility, the consequences of excessive indulgence in spirituous or vinous liquors, savoury dishes, or a long residence in a tropical climate, and for the breaking up the system, termed the climacteric malady : with directions as to the choice of articles of diet, etc. etc. : to which is added, an account of the antispasmodic properties of the lobelia inflata, with directions for its exhibition in spasmodic asthma, hooping cough, St. Vitus's dance, etc. / by J.H. Robinson.

  • Robinson, Joseph Heyliger, -1835.
Date:
1829
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Credit: A practical treatise on the peculiar tonic & stomachic properties of the round-leaf cornel, (Cornus circinata) : particularly in cases of indigestion of weakly & elderly people, and for local and general debility, the consequences of excessive indulgence in spirituous or vinous liquors, savoury dishes, or a long residence in a tropical climate, and for the breaking up the system, termed the climacteric malady : with directions as to the choice of articles of diet, etc. etc. : to which is added, an account of the antispasmodic properties of the lobelia inflata, with directions for its exhibition in spasmodic asthma, hooping cough, St. Vitus's dance, etc. / by J.H. Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the consequence of diseased structure, it must appear obvious that medicines should be employed, not only to correct the disorder, but a plan of treatment steadily pursued to remove the disease, or structural mischief which produces it. When indigestion is the consequence of an increased excitement, or morbid sen- sibility of the nerves of the stomach, cooling medicine,—as nitre, carbonate of soda, the saline mixture in a state of effervescence, mild sedatives, and saline aperients, which are the opposite to the class of tonics, are the proper stomachics, and in such cases, a direct tonic, al- though it sometimes affords immediate relief, will ultimately prove very injurious, in simple cases of disorder from increased excitement, by occasioning structural mischief, and when organic mischief in