Volume 2

A short account of several excellent medicines lately discovered in the argol or tartar; together with its preparations / [William Taube Dove].

  • Dove, William Taube
Date:
1757
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A short account of several excellent medicines lately discovered in the argol or tartar; together with its preparations / [William Taube Dove]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [66] This Gentleman, after he was cured of the Dropfy three Years and a Half^ was ta-> ken ill of a violent Fever unknown to me, and died in four Days Time, October 22, \7i6- SIR, AVING loft fix Children in ten X X Years Time, which all died, to my great Grief, within the Month after their Birth, of the Watery Gripes and Convul¬ sion Fits, notwithftanding all imaginable Care and Medicines. But hearing of you, and feeing afterwards a Perfon, whom you had cured of Convulfion Fits three Years Handing, I gave to my then almoft dying Child, your refined Chryftals of Tartar or Argol 5 and you, Sir, with God’s Blefling, and your Medicame nt, cured it intirely of this moft fatal Ddlemper; and it is now one Year old. For which great Cure I fincerely thank you, and remain, &c. London, Jan. 1, Ann Gibbs* 1757 1 can’t omjt to infert the Cafe of a Lady in Years, who has had continually the Con- vulfion Fits very violently for about 20 or