First edition of a thorough treatise on the use of opium, in which Brachet recommends prescribing high doses.
Jean Louis Brachet (1789-1858) did important research in the field of neurophysiology. A prolific author with keen observational powers, he used opium himself rather immoderately to alleviate the acute pains that probably resulted from stomach cancer.
First edition of a thorough treatise on the use of opium
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Jean Louis Brachet.
De l'emploi de l'opium dans les phlegmasies des membranes muqueuses, séreuses et fibreuses [...] suivi d'un mémoire sur les fièvres intermittentes.
Paris & Montpellier, Gabon; Bruxelles, dépôt général de la librairie médicale française, 1828.