Remarkable cures, of gouty, bilious, and nervous cases / related by the patients themselves, and published at their desire, in sundry letters to John Scot, M.D. ...

  • Scot, John.
Date:
1783
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Credit: Remarkable cures, of gouty, bilious, and nervous cases / related by the patients themselves, and published at their desire, in sundry letters to John Scot, M.D. ... Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    thumb became very moderate and only juft pefcep- table. You may recolleft that about feven years ago, one morn- ing when you came to breakfaft with me, you found me extremely ill, and that of that worft kind of illnefs which effects the fpirits, as well as the body; you immediately told me I was loaded with bile, that if I was inclined to make the experiment, you would anfwer for it, that in lefs than forty-eight hours I fhould be perfectly relieved; I accordingly took fome of your pills and they relieved me within the time you mentioned ; I continued to take one pill every night for the fpace of ten days, and from that period I never* had a return of the pain in my thumb. Whenever I find an uneafinefs in uiy ftomach, I take one of your pills for the fpace of three or four nights, and they never fail to remove it. Wifhing you therefore every fuccefs, I am, with efteem, dear Sir, Yourmoft fincere and obedient fervant, 1 V ’ -V London, June 6, 1780, JAMES MURRAY.