A letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. &c. &c. &c. containing remarks on a pamphlet entitled An account of the discovery of the power of mineral acid vapours to destroy contagion, by John Johnstone, M.D. Published in London, 1803 / by James Carmichael Smyth.

  • Smyth, James Carmichael, 1741-1821.
Date:
1805
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Credit: A letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. &c. &c. &c. containing remarks on a pamphlet entitled An account of the discovery of the power of mineral acid vapours to destroy contagion, by John Johnstone, M.D. Published in London, 1803 / by James Carmichael Smyth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ** ferre solent.” Again, “ Nullum prater hos aliud topicum est remedium cui morbus cum liasce partes jam occuparit, possis confidere. Hi vapores prceterea per cegroti cubiculum constanter diffusi ante, omnia alia contagionem longius serpere et progredi “ vetare consueverunt. Vide Inaug. Dissert, page 70. Ibe above, which may be looked upon as a declaration under Dr. Johnstone’s own hand, at once sets aside all pretensions to the discovery claimed in his name. But as the father’s book, though the most important, is not the only evidence upon which Dr. John Johnstone rests his title to discovery, I shall proceed to examine the other circumstances, which he has stated, in support of his claim; the first of which, in order, as in importance, is his father’s ma- nuscripts, of which he gives the following account-“ It would be useless to enter upon | such a detail of cases as I could colled from the books of> father, consisting ‘ merely oj names and prescriptions, without ;; any regular statement of symptoms, Qr of tt the Partlcular operation of medicines; such <t a detai1 W0llIcI on]y prove that the muriatic „ ac/d vaPour was used subsequent to the year 1756, of which any proof is unneces-