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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    [ 68 ] a Pound by the Swallowfield Carrier the* firft Opportunity. I am. Sir, Your very humble Servant, Sidmonton, Feb, 27, P. W* f757* SIR, BY fleeping in my wet Clotaths for fome Hours, I catched a violent Cold, which, in three Months time, threw me into a deep . Confumption ; for which I ufed many Me¬ dicines, but all in vain ; and I was already fo much enervated, that I was fcarce able to walk, &c.; and I and my Friends did exped nothing elfe but Death. But being encouraged by feveral People, whom you have cured of this dreadful Diftemper, to take your volatile Salt of Tartar or Argol, it cured me, thank God, intirely, in a Ihort Time, to every-body’s great Surprize. For which I am, with the greateft Obligation, Sir, Your mojl obedient and humble Servant. London, Dec. t s, 175b. James Thompfon, at the New-Inn, Wefl- miafter-bridge. The