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François Vincent Raspail (1794-1878) was a chemist and a politician who practised medicine illegally : for him, all pathologies were almost exclusively caused by "parasites" and he treated them all thanks to the beneficial effects of camphor. Raspail did not invent nor discover that substance, which was broadly used in the 18th century, but he codified the use of its various pharmaceutical forms thanks to what would be later called "Raspail's method": camphor to eat (lumps), to snuff (powder), to smoke (cigarettes), brandy and 32° camphored alcohol, camphored oil and sedative water... Since Raspail lavished his patients with many hygiene pieces of advice and moral principles, this method--that was actually a prolongation of his political action in favour of the very poor--was a complete success among the population. But this success was also due to the simplicity of the remedy, its relative harmlessness and, above all, to an incredibly efficient advertising since he enjoyed the support of many important people and also published a very successful book, his Manuel annuaire de Santé, that was re-edited 77 times.
弗朗索瓦·文森特·拉斯帕伊(1794-1878)是一位非法行医的化学家和政治家:对他来说,所有的疾病几乎都是由“寄生虫”引起的,他治疗这些疾病都要归功于樟脑的有益作用。这种物质在18世纪被广泛使用,拉斯帕尔既没有发明也没有发现,但他编纂了各种药物形式的使用方法,这要归功于后来被称为“拉斯帕尔的方法”:樟脑可以吃(块状),鼻烟(粉末),烟(香烟),白兰地和32°樟脑酒精,樟脑油和镇静水……由于拉斯帕尔给他的病人提供了许多卫生方面的建议和道德原则,这种方法——实际上是他支持穷人的政治行动的延伸——在人群中取得了完全的成功。但这一成功也要归功于治疗方法的简单,相对无害,最重要的是,由于他得到了许多重要人物的支持,并出版了一本非常成功的书,他的Manuel annuaire de sant,这本书被重新编辑了77次。