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their composition. I have called your attention
before to their property of checking diarrhea.
I mentioned to you a case in the Penn. Hospital
he was a venereal patient much exhausted
by the disease and weakened by diarrhoea.
Various remedies were administered without
relief. I gave him cheese in various forms toasted
et&c it was very useful to him. This though very
insoluble in the stomach, is good for the working
and those who undergo much exercise.
The oil of old cheese has been applied to ulcers
of late with very promising success. A case of ulcer
in the nose was cured by D^r Physic and myself with
this remedy which had resisted Lunar Caustic.
tar water et&c. The older the cheese is the more
stimulating & acrid it becomes, epicures prefer
it old & mouldy. Toasted cheese is very
indigestable. The whey constitutes by far the
largest portion of the milk.