Observations proving that Dr Wilson's tincture for the cure of gout and rheumatism is similar, in its nature and effects, to that deleterious preparation, the eau medicinale / by William Henry Williams.

  • Williams, William Henry (1771-1841)
Date:
1818
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Credit: Observations proving that Dr Wilson's tincture for the cure of gout and rheumatism is similar, in its nature and effects, to that deleterious preparation, the eau medicinale / by William Henry Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    In consideration of that feeling of reluctance, which almost universally prevails among persons, to appear publicly as proofs of the failure of any particular medicine, especially in those cases wherein controversy may attend them,-1 have with-held the names, and partly the residence of the individuals to whom several of the following facts refer;—but I pledge myself for the accuracy of the instances I have stated, which are well known to many respect- able persons in this town and neighbourhood. I offered my opinion to the public on the subject of Gout Me- dicines in general, and of Dr. Wilson’s Tincture in particular, in a Letter to the Editor of The Suffolk Chronicle, signed Observator, in November last—the reply to that Letter, three weeks subsequently, in an Appeal to an Intelligent and Impartial Public,” has induced me to enter more fully into the subject;—the result of my further enquiry and experience will be found in the following pages, in which I have inserted both the Letter of Observator, and the Appeal which that Letter produced. With these preliminary remarks, I submit the justice of my opinions to a candid public.