A treatise on the use of cod-liver oil in the treatment of chronic rheumatism, scrofula and consumption, bronchitis and asthma, and all diseases of the lungs and throat / by Emery Souther.

  • Souther, Emery.
Date:
1848
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Credit: A treatise on the use of cod-liver oil in the treatment of chronic rheumatism, scrofula and consumption, bronchitis and asthma, and all diseases of the lungs and throat / by Emery Souther. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TESTIMONIALS IN FAVOR OF THE USE OF OLEUM JECORIS ASELLI, PURIFIED COD-FISH LITER OIL; MANUFACTURED BY EMERY SOUTHER, Corner of Green Street and Lyman Place, Boston, and is now used by the following Physicians, in their practice in this city and adjoining country: JOHN WARE, M. D.; JOHN HOMANS, M. D.; J. B. GREGERSOX, M. D.; J. W. FLINT, M. D.; JONAS H. LANE, M. D.; SAMUEL MORRILL, M.D.; WOODBRIDGE STRONG, M. D.; GEORGE BARTLETT, M. D.; ASA B. SNOW, M. D.; SILAS DURKEE, M. D.; E. C. DREW, M. D., of Boston ; and DR. ALLEN, Cambridge, Mass.; AMOS TWITCHELL, M. D., Keene, N.H.; HENRY CADY, M. D., Monson, Mass; Dr. DOUGHERTY, Newark, N. J. ; Dr. SMITH, Maryland Penitentiary ; and other practitioners in the country. [From the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Feb. 1848. J. V. C. Smith, M. L>., Editor, and Boston Quarantine Physician.] Oleum Jecoris Aselli.—From the circumstances that the pro- fession in Europe are giving unusual attention of late to the Cod Liver Oil, and that the New England physicians are as ambitious as their brethren in other places to avail themselves of all new agents, it may be serviceable to them to mention that Mr. E. Souther, Druggist, in Green Street, opposite the head of Stam- ford Street, in this city, manufactures the article—and his speci- mens are excellent. His process is very exact, and being con- ducted under his own eye, the quality is not to be questioned. Livers are procured from the fish, immediately on being caught, and are not partially decomposed, as they too frequently are, before being manufactured. In strumous diseases, a degree of confidence is placed in the Cod-liver Oil, that encourages its further use. Its importation hereafter is absurd, since, probably, a better tJ^tjs made at home, than can be procured in England or France. [Testimony of Dr. McRuer, of Bangor, Me.] Two years ago, I first had the opportunity of witnessing its extensive and approved use, both in private and hospital practice in Europe. Since then I have prescribed it freely to my own pa- tients, and from close and impartial observation of its effects, I have no hesitation in recommending it as a valuable addition to the materia medica, and particularly useful in those chronic,