Observations on antimony / read before the Medical Society of London. And published at their request. By John Millar, M.D.

  • Millar, John, 1733-1805.
Date:
MDCCLXXIV [1774]
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Credit: Observations on antimony / read before the Medical Society of London. And published at their request. By John Millar, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    poifonous parts, are freed from their union with thofe which correft their virulence. But that mineral fulphur has a power of correfting poifon, is clearly proved by that experiment which fhews, that arfenic, the greateft poifon, being melted on a flow fire, with an equal portion of mineral fulphur, is converted into a mafs, almoft void of virulence ; and if regulus of antimony is fufed with an equal portion of the fame fulphur, it immediately lofes its draftic power*. This theory probably introduced an arfenical medicine into praftice at Berlin, where Hoffman, who was phy- fician to the king of Pruflia, refided, Newman, profeffor of chymiftry and direflor of the Royal Elaboratory and Difpenfatory in that city, obferves, that chymiftry is capable of converting fun dry poifons into remedies; thus the virulent an- * Cbfervationes Phyfico-Ghymicse, p. 251 ^252. a antimonial