A short essay on practical experimental philosophy : its use and abuse / by the wife of Robert Willis.

  • Willis, Mary Ann.
Date:
1871
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Credit: A short essay on practical experimental philosophy : its use and abuse / by the wife of Robert Willis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    INTRODUCTION. -♦o#- About two years ago I published an Essay en- titled ‘ A Short Sketch about Washing Linen,’ and in the following year a sequel entitled ‘Science applied to the Washing of Linen and to its Effects upon Health,’ in which I asked my scientific friends to help me to discover what were the deleterious compounds and processes which in the modern system are found to destroy our linen and injure our health. The replies I received to these appeals were most gratifying and gave me important hints. But my ' health began to suffer from my chemical experiments ; and my kind medical and chemical advisers. Dr. Paget of Cambridge and the late lamented Dr. Allen Miller of King s College, London, urged me to dis- continue my labours on this subject. Dr. Miller