Germain Sée

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Germain Sée

Germain Sée (February 6, 1818 – May 12, 1896) was a French

clinician who was a native of Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin
.

He studied medicine in

Sée specialized in the study of

antipyrine as a general analgesic,[4] and sodium salicylate for treatment of acute rheumatism.[5][2] Sée also contributed to the diffusion of uses of hemp extract and tincture in soothing mild gastrointestinal disorders:

Professor Germain Sée reported an elaborate work as to the value and uses of cannabis indica in the treatment of [gastric intestinal] neuroses and gastric dyspepsia. […] In conclusion, See maintains that cannabis is a true sedative to the stomach, and without any of the inconveniences of the narcotics.[6]

Among his writings were the multi-volume "Médecine clinique", a work that he co-authored with Frédéric Labadie-Lagrave,[7] and "Leçons de pathologie expérimentale", a book on experimental pathology that was edited by Maurice Raynaud.[1] His "Des maladies spécifiques, non tuberculeuses, du poumon" was later translated into English and published with the title "Diseases of the lungs (of a specific not tuberculous nature)" (1885).[8]

In 1869 he became a member of the

References

  1. ^ a b c d See (Germain) biuSante
  2. ^ a b Indiana Medical Journal: A Monthly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Volume 15
  3. ^ Clinical Therapeutics by Dujardin-Beaumetz
  4. ^ The Epitome of Medicine: A Monthly Retrospect of Progress in All Divisions ...
  5. ^ A Manual of Medical Treatment Or Clinical Therapeutics, Volume 2 by Isaac Burney Yeo, Oscar Oldenberg
  6. ^ Anonymous (1890). "Cannabis indica in diseases of the stomach" (PDF). Therapeutic Gazette. 14: 684–685.
  7. ^ Urologie clinique et maladies des reins by F. Labadie-Lagrave
  8. ^ Diseases of the lungs OCLC WorldCat