Spilsbury, Francis
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A treatise on the method of curing the gout, scurvy, leprosy, elephantiasis, evil, and other cutaneous eruptions : shewing the rise and progress of those diseases, and by what medicines they may be cured illustrated by many cases extracted from the writings of the most eminent men of the faculty, and the author's own observations the whole interspersed with a variety of efficacious receipts, collected, and now published for the good of the public ... / by F. Spilsbury.
Spilsbury, FrancisDate: [1775?]- E-books
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Free thoughts on quacks and their medicines, occasioned by the death of Dr. Goldsmith and Mr. Scawen Or, A candid and ingenuous inquiry into the merits and dangers imputed to advertised remedies:---In which, an investigation of the nature and origin of their composition has been attempted: and the degree of confidence they deserve, ascertained. ---Wherein, also, have been occasionally interspersed some few animadversions tending to defend minerals in general, and exculpate mercury and antimony in particular, from the ill-judged and ill-grounded aspersions thrown against them; by proving the superiority of the productions of the mineral, over those of the vegetable, kingdoms. To which is added some remarks on the nature, cause and remedy of the scurvy and gout. Also a plan of the dispensary for the poor, instituted in 1773. By Francis Spilsbury, chymist. Dedicated to the legistature in general, or, both Houses of Parliament.
Spilsbury, FrancisDate: MDCCLXXVII [1777]
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The oeconomy of quackery considered, in a reply to Mr. Spilsbury's pamphlet, entitled, Free thoughts on quacks and their medicines. To which is added, an answer to a surgeon's Letter to the Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants, on their permitting aliens, apothecaries, and quacks, to encroach on the business of surgeons / [Thomas Prosser].
Prosser, Thomas (Civil engineer)Date: 1777- Books
Physical dissertations on the scurvy and gout; in which the cause, nature, and remedy are more immediately attended to; with observations on the Bath and other medicinal waters; interspersed with remarks on diet, air, exercise. And the mineral and vegitable medicines used in the cure of those disorders. With a selection of sixty remarkable cures ... / By Francis Spilsbury, chymist.
Spilsbury, FrancisDate: 1779
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Specification of Francis Spilsbury : medical drops.
Spilsbury, FrancisDate: 1856
![The friendly physician. A new treatise: containing rules, schemes, and particular instructions, how to select and furnish small chests with the most approved necessary medicines; and full directions how to apply them. To which are added many excellent receipts for particular disorders / [Francis Spilsbury].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0008115/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)