Medical notes on China / by John Wilson.

  • Wilson, John, 1788-1870.
Date:
MDCCCXLVI [1846]
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Credit: Medical notes on China / by John Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    China. Knowing how intractable the disease had proved, and was likely to prove, in that region, the want of suc- cess which had too often attended the ase of ordinary- means, and the importance of adding effectually to their number, the suggestion was gladly received with the view of giving the plant a fair trial, if occasion offered: un- fortunately there was much occasion. In addition to the stock which had been supplied on demand, a large quan- tity was procured at the Cape of Good Hope, its proper soil, and where it grows abundantly. Of the results a sufficient account will be found in the text.