A COURSE OF FIFTEEN LECTURES, ON MEDICAL BOTANY, DENOMINATED THOMSON'S NEW THEORY OF MEDICAL PRACTICE; IN WHICH THE VARIOUS THEORIES THAT HAVE PRECEDED IT ARE REVIEWED AND COMPARED
Columbus, Ohio: "Published for the Proprietor (aka, self-published), 1831. Early Edition. Leather-bound. Octavo. Full (worn) brown mottled calf with contrasting spine label (gilt on black). Moderate foxing throughout, but text easily readable. Solidly bound. Good. Item #86073
From "A General Review of the Nature and Operation of Thomson's Remedies" P. 114)
"...Opium has been used almost exclusively for years, used to quiet the nerves and still restless children. Many a poor infant has suffered death, by the administration of this deadly drug; and many a stupid head and stupified person, has it sent into the world; never to speak of the multitudes it has sent out before their time. It is a most deadly drug; and seems to destroy the vital actions of the whole system. But, say the physicians, it relieves pain; yes, it relieves pain by deadening sensibility; a bullet or a dagger will relieve pain in the same way! But the important question is, will it remove pain by removing the cause of pain -- disease? Will it not, on the contrary, give force to the disease, by weakening the vital functions? Does it not establish disorder in the system by rendering all its powers torpid?"
"Dr. Thomson's nervine has a more powerful effect, by ten fold, in quieting the nerves, promoting sleep, soothing and stilling the tumult of the whole system; is perfectly safe and harmless in its application; has none of the narcotic qualities, nor deadly stupifying effects of laudanum..."
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