A short account of several excellent medicines lately discovered in the argol or tartar; : together with its preparations; viz. the volatile salt, oil, spirit, and fixed salt. To which are annexed, divers remarkable instances of the efficacy of these noble medicines in the following disorders: the raw chrystals, in fits, convulsions, head-ach, &c. The volatile salt, in the consumption, scurvy, weakness of the nerves, venereal distemper, obstruction of the menses, weakness of the stomach, &c. The spirit, in the dropsy, obstructions, lowness of spirits, fainting, &c. The oil, in the gout, asthma, rheumatism, &c. The fixed salt, in the stone, gravel, &c... / By Wm. Taube, Dove.
- Dove, William Taube
- Date:
- M.DCC.LVII. [1757]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A short account of several excellent medicines lately discovered in the argol or tartar; : together with its preparations; viz. the volatile salt, oil, spirit, and fixed salt. To which are annexed, divers remarkable instances of the efficacy of these noble medicines in the following disorders: the raw chrystals, in fits, convulsions, head-ach, &c. The volatile salt, in the consumption, scurvy, weakness of the nerves, venereal distemper, obstruction of the menses, weakness of the stomach, &c. The spirit, in the dropsy, obstructions, lowness of spirits, fainting, &c. The oil, in the gout, asthma, rheumatism, &c. The fixed salt, in the stone, gravel, &c... / By Wm. Taube, Dove. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ 25 ] Preparations, but all to no Purpofe. I then gave him the aforefaid Medicine, by which he obtained a Cure, having feldom or never had the Head-ach fince ; unlefs he be difor- dered by Drinking, and then he has had a flight return. 1 A Woman about 30, whofe Family was afflicted with the Gout, had the Head-ach to a violent Degree, for a great while, and had ufed many Medicines, but to no Purpofe: I gave her my volatile Salt diffolved in Rain¬ water, and in a few Days time, to her great Joy, {he was intirely well. A married Woman complained of conti¬ nual Pains in her Stomach and Plead ; but by ufing my volatile Salt for fome time, (he per¬ fectly recovered. A Woman in Long-Acre had fcorbutical Eruptions, to a great Degree, all over her Body in red Spots: Her right Arm, from her Elbow to her Wrift, was fwelled almoft as big as a Mans Thigh, and had a vail Number of Holes in it, big enough to contain Peas: Her Fingers were much fwelled; and fhe was in exceffive Pain Night and Day. She had d \ but grew worfe, in head of E better. been laiivate](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30549358_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)