Volume 1

Experiments and observations upon oriental and other bezoar-stones, which prove them to be of no use in physick. Gascoin's powder, distinctly examin'd in its seven ingredients, censur'd and found imperfect : dedicated to the Royal Society to which is annex'd, a vindication of sugars against the charge of Dr. Willis, other physicians, and common prejudices dedicated to the ladies. Together with further discoveries and remarks / By Frederick Slare.

  • Frederick Slare
Date:
1715
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Credit: Experiments and observations upon oriental and other bezoar-stones, which prove them to be of no use in physick. Gascoin's powder, distinctly examin'd in its seven ingredients, censur'd and found imperfect : dedicated to the Royal Society to which is annex'd, a vindication of sugars against the charge of Dr. Willis, other physicians, and common prejudices dedicated to the ladies. Together with further discoveries and remarks / By Frederick Slare. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    often reliev’d her before ■, being 20 Grains of a Sort of Gafcoin Powder, with a Grain of Musk and of Ambergreefe in it: This brought her into Sweats, refrefli’d her Spirits, and the fame Day took off all Symptoms. I made bold with this Friend to give her the Bezoar . feveral times, to experiment what cardiac Virtue it had, when flie was faint *5 which ftie took with great Expectation, but never obtained any Succefs when a little Venice Treacle, a Glafs of Canary , or Drops of Spirit of Hartfhorn , feldom failed to re¬ lieve Her. Mr# Needham] an Apothecary in Beauford- Buildings in the Strand, a Man of good fi¬ fteen), and a very ingenious Perfon, a Vale¬ tudinarian of many Years, who has been ob- ferved, and treated by my felf, in many 111- nefles. His Spirits were often very languid, efpe.cially in the Morning before he had had a Supply of Food, or a GlafsofWine, orfome Cordial. No Man ever flood more in need of Cordials, or received more fenfible Benefit by them. He much feared the ill Effed of hot Medicines, which gave me an Opportunity to recommend to him the Oriental Bezoar , for 1 promis’d him it fhould do him no harm, fo as to heat or inflame his Blood. He took it fbmetimes going to Bed, and fometimes in the Morning, in no fmaller Dofe than half a \ Pram at a Time , and continued it feveral Days,