A short account of several excellent medicines lately discovered in the argol or tartar; : together with its preparations; viz. the volatile salt, oil, spirit, and fixed salt. To which are annexed, divers remarkable instances of the efficacy of these noble medicines in the following disorders: the raw chrystals, in fits, convulsions, head-ach, &c. The volatile salt, in the consumption, scurvy, weakness of the nerves, venereal distemper, obstruction of the menses, weakness of the stomach, &c. The spirit, in the dropsy, obstructions, lowness of spirits, fainting, &c. The oil, in the gout, asthma, rheumatism, &c. The fixed salt, in the stone, gravel, &c... / By Wm. Taube, Dove.
- Dove, William Taube.
- Date:
- M.DCC.LVII. [1757]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A short account of several excellent medicines lately discovered in the argol or tartar; : together with its preparations; viz. the volatile salt, oil, spirit, and fixed salt. To which are annexed, divers remarkable instances of the efficacy of these noble medicines in the following disorders: the raw chrystals, in fits, convulsions, head-ach, &c. The volatile salt, in the consumption, scurvy, weakness of the nerves, venereal distemper, obstruction of the menses, weakness of the stomach, &c. The spirit, in the dropsy, obstructions, lowness of spirits, fainting, &c. The oil, in the gout, asthma, rheumatism, &c. The fixed salt, in the stone, gravel, &c... / By Wm. Taube, Dove. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ 20] I had a continual Cough, and a Hedlick Fe¬ ver ; I fpit Blood in great Quantities ; I was emaciated, and not able to walk twenty Yards; my Stomach and my Spirits were quite gone; when I went to Bed, I thought I fhould never fee the Day-light more, (Sc. Being an Apothecary myfelf, and com¬ ing to Town, I had the beft Advice, but no¬ thing would do; but, reading your Book, 1 refolved to try your volatile Salt of Tar¬ tar ; and happy it was for me. I am now fo well recovered in a Fortnight’s Time, with God’s Affiftance, and your Medicine^ that I can walk three or four Miles with Eafe, fieep well, and eat in eight Days more than I have done in three Months be¬ fore, My Spirits are quite recovered; I can breathe without Difficulty; the Pains and Stitches in my Side? the Spitting of Blood, the He&ick Fever, and my Night-fweats, are gone ; and, in fhort, Thanks to the Al¬ mighty,! am quite another Man. Itispoffi- ble, you may not be pleafed with me, to thank you in this publick Manner ; but, pardon me, Sir, fori fav, that I am obliged in Duty to you, and in Charity to my Fellow-Crea¬ tures, fo to do. I have not only heard of, but feen with Pieafure, feveral other great Cures 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30549358_0068.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)