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Materia Alimentaria

Milk

that milk would be highly injurious as it must
tend to increase the action by inducing plethora I do not deny
it may have been of service in some cases but I must
caution you against its use especially in the species or degree
of Phtysis termed the florid consumption which is
generally attended with hot skin, hard pulse, and florid
complexion, if the object be to reduce the pulse why not
confine the patient wholely to a vegitable diet a principle
objection against its use is the stomach in some cases
cannot digest it. I myself uniformly become feverish if
I use milk and neglect exercise. Dr Cullen has committed
a great error in saying that milk never induces plethora
it has uniformly this effect, In a Gentleman of this
City producing headache &c which exercise prevents. I shall
now speak of Materia Medica by which I mean a
knowledge of medicines their use and proper time of application
in disease.