Rational Pharmaceutics, Part 1

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Why the urine of the sick becomes sweet like honey. Page 172. Specifically, this is not caused by the nutritional juice original: "succus nutritius"; Willis refers to chyle, the milky fluid from digestion, but occurs because of the combinations of salts and sulfur. In the same place. The prognosis of the disease. In the same place. The method of healing, including therapeutic indications. Page 173. The cure is primarily achieved with saline medicines. Page 174. The vital indication original: "indicatio vitalis"; the medical priority of maintaining the patient's strength and life. In the same place. The history of a cure, including formulas for remedies. Pages 175 and 176. After this pathological study had been printed, I cured another person suffering from diabetes, who had been regarded as hopeless, using this same method and especially using quicklime water original: "aqua Calcis vivæ"; a solution of calcium hydroxide used as an antacid or astringent.

SECTION IV. CHAPTER III.

Types and formulas of urine-restraining medicines.

Astringent medicines help very little in diabetes. Page 177. There are three intentions for healing: to prevent the combinations of salts, to remove those combinations already formed, and to prevent the melting and boiling of the blood through the use of hypnotics sleep-inducing agents. In the same place. The first intention is achieved by medicines that thicken the blood; the formulas for these are added below. Page 178. The second intention calls for saline medicines, of which the formulas are likewise provided; these have as their base either a fixed salt, an alkalized salt, or a volatile salt. Pages 180 and 181. Formulas for hypnotics, which are called for by the third intention. Page 182.

SECTION V. CHAPTER I.

Concerning Sweating, and sweat-inducing medicines.

Many paths are open for the discharge of waste, although there is only one path for taking in nourishment. Page 183. The reason for this is suggested. In the same place. How diaphoresis term: "Diaphoresis" refers to the process of perspiring, especially when induced by a physician