A dissertation on the root of ratanhia: containing an account of its growth, medicinal virtues, etc / [Hipólito Ruiz].

  • Ruiz, Hipólito, 1754-1816
Date:
1813
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Credit: A dissertation on the root of ratanhia: containing an account of its growth, medicinal virtues, etc / [Hipólito Ruiz]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    drid, so far back as the year 1782 ; and that a long account of it was published in the Memoirs of the College of Physicians of Madrid, an important public Work, of which the College of Physicians were evidently ignorant. Dr. Reece speaks of the virtues of the Rhatany Root, chiefly as a Tonic Medicine; but Dr. Ruiz recommends it highly as a remedy for the bloody Flux ; Flooding, and flúor Albus. Ry the experience of Sir Henry Halford, Bart. M.D.; Dr. Ferriar, of Manchester; Dr. Pearson; Dr. Cheston ; and others, it is evidently a powerful Tonic Me¬ dicine, and in many respects superior to the Peruvian Bark; for it is not only more agree¬ able to the Palate and Stomach, but does not disturb the Bowels, when exhibited in full doses. As a Stomachic, it is, assuredly, the most powerful we are acquainted with. On