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]
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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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    [ :-3 ] S 1 R, ' REading in the News Papers of the i6tii inftant, a Letter from Mr. Hillman, Apothecary, of your having made a very furprizing Cure on him, in a deep and defpe- rateConfumption 31 think, Sir, yon have per¬ formed not a great deal lefs, or much inferior, in your Cure of Mrs .Mary Atkins of Convui- fion Fits fifteen Years (landing. You have cured her of this dreadful and (hocking Dif- temper intirely, with your Chryftals of Tar- tar or Argol, in a very fhort Space of Time, againfl her own and every Body's Expedta- tion, to the great Surprize of her Rela¬ tions, and her other Acquaintance, I hear¬ tily wi(h the fame Bleffmg and Succefs from above may always attend your Patients, and all the great Difcoveries in the Argol or Tartar, which was lately publifhed by you. Iam, Sir, Tour mojl obedient ... ,. % ,. f . humble Servant, •London, Aug. i, 1756* John Carr.