Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark, in the cure of fevers. Interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy / by William Saunders.

  • Saunders, William, 1743-1817.
Date:
1783
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Credit: Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark, in the cure of fevers. Interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy / by William Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    but, likewife, becaufe I am in hopes it will haften a frefh importation of the ar- ticle, of which I have very little left, and J know not where to go for a fupply. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your moft obedient fervant, We Be Ouyes, Sandwich, june 19, 1782. dn addition to the charatler given of the Red Bark, by feveral practitioners — in the country, 1s a Letter I received a few days ago from Str Witi1aAM BisHop, an eminent Surgeon, at Maid- fione, in Kent, dated “fune 16th. IN which he fhews, by a variety of cafes, that in the cure of Intermittents, in that part of the world, the Red Bark had not only been infinitely more effec- tual than the common Peruvian Bark, or any other remedy ufually employed, but that