A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL
MATERIA MEDICA
By John Henry CLARKE, M.D.
Presented by Mķdi-T «Lithium Benzoicum.
Benzoate of Lithium. LiC7H5O2.
Clinical.─
Uric acid, deposit of.
Characteristics.─
Hale quotes T. O. Summers (Nashville J. of Med. and Surg.) as saying that Li. ben. had great effect in diminishing uric acid deposits and
increasing the free hippuric acid of the urine. “It acts upon the urine before it
leaves the blood.” Bearing in mind the powerful action which each of its elements
possesses over the urinary functions, hom£opaths can understand this action, and future
experience will probably extend it.
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