Evidences of the efficacy of Doctor Perkins's patent metallic instruments.

  • Perkins, Elisha, 1741-1799.
Date:
[1797]
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Credit: Evidences of the efficacy of Doctor Perkins's patent metallic instruments. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tallic Inftruments, tried with fuccefs, upon fevcrai patients in the poor-houfe or bettering houle in Phi- ladelphia; efpecially upon a man who was unable to lift his right hand to his head, as was tried before hand, but who after a few minutes operation, was able to remove it at pleafure, and in my figjit, put it with eafe on the top of his head and back of his neck, and in all directions. Nearly the fame effect took place upon a woman ; and all that I faw treated, proieffed that their pains ceafed after being treated a moit time : And feveral came voluntarily, and in my hearing, thanked the Doctor for cures he had performed on them about eight weeks before, in removing pains from them, which they declared had not fince returned. So that from what I law with mine own eyes, and what I have- heard, I have great hopes that this method will great- ly tend to alleviate the miieries of mankind. ELHANAN WINCHESTER. Philadelphia, April 4, 1796. Doctor JAREB DYER, Member of the Medical Society of the State of Con- necticut, and Surgeon to the 21ft Regiment. I CERTIFY, that for feven years part, I have been troubled with almoft a conftant rheumatic pain in my moulder. For the two laft years it has gradu- ally increafed till it became very diftrefling. and has been attended with a fliffnefs, to fuch a degree that I could not raife my hand to the top of my head with- out great difficulty. On or about the 18th June laft, myfelf operated on my moulder when it was in ex- treme pain, with Doctor Perkins's Patent Tractors — The pain, to my great furprife, wholly left me with- in fix minutes, and my fhoulder v/as ioon freed from