A dissertation on the use of sea-water in the diseases of the glands. Particularly the scurvy, jaudice, king's-evil, leprosy, and the glandular consumption / Translated from the Latin ... by an eminent physician.

  • Russell, Richard, 1687-1759
Date:
1753
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Credit: A dissertation on the use of sea-water in the diseases of the glands. Particularly the scurvy, jaudice, king's-evil, leprosy, and the glandular consumption / Translated from the Latin ... by an eminent physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE PREFACE Cafes relating to fuch Maladies as have yielded to the Efficacy of Sza- Water ; and have attempted to explain the Manner of its Operation in vanquifh- ing the Difeafes of the Glands. However, as fo powerful a Medicine, in my Opi- nion, cannot fail of being of far more extenfive Ufe, I promife myfelf the moft accurate Enquiries wil be made into its. Nature ; and that future Experiments. will determine how much farther it will be beneficial to Mankind. However, I think it proper to introduce this Work, by a few Obfervations that I and others have already made upon the Nature, conftituent Parts and Qualities of SA-WATZR, for from hence, perhaps, a Ad jult: