Treatise on Therapeutics, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Treatise on Therapeutics, Vol. 3The notion Of suppressing pain occurred to physicians very long ago, and in consulting the history Of the art, we find that it has been attempted at various periods. We find precise indications in this respect in Pliny, Dioscorides, and other authors. Dioscorides and his commentator Mat tioli mention the use Of an extract Of the root Of mandragora, which the patient swallowed or breathed before cauterization or amputation Of a limb. Late researches show that among the Chinese, in the first years of the third century Of our era, a physician named moatho gave a prepara tion of hemp, which plunged the patient into intoxication or insensibility, before cauterization, incision, or amputation was practised.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.