Certificates of the efficacy of Doctor Perkins's patent metallic instruments.

  • Perkins, Elisha, 1741-1799.
Date:
[1796]
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Credit: Certificates of the efficacy of Doctor Perkins's patent metallic instruments. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The turns of the quinfey which I have heretofore had, though not more fevere in their firft attacks than this, have never left me ftiort of the term of eight or ten days ; whereas this continued but two : And I have no doubt but it would have lafted as long as the others, had not Doct. Perkins operated with his in- flruments. I believe the cure to be effected wholly by his means. NATHAN GLOVER. Plaiiifield, Augujt 9, T796. I the fubfcriber was refiding at the houfe of Mr. Glover, and was prefent at the above operation, and perfectly agree with him in his flatement of facts. AMOS SIMONS. Capt. JOSHUA BOTTOM. 1 JOSHUA BOTTOM, of Plainfield, in. the county of Windham and ftate of Connecticut, certify, that I have been troubled with a rheumatic pain in my arm for four months, which was often extremely dif- trefling. Having heard much of the furpriling efficacy of Doct. Perkins's patent initruments, but being my- lelf an unbeliever in this method of removing pains, in confequence of the fuggeflions of his enemies, I ne- glected ufing his means, until on or about the 15th of July, when I myfelf operated on my pained arm about fix minutes, and to my utter furprize, the pain entirely ceafed, and has never returned. I have every reafon to believe that a radical cure was effected by that one operation. JOSHUA BOTTOM. Plaivjidd, Augufl 5. 1796.