A treatise on Swaim's panacea; being a recent discovery for the cure of scrofula, or King's evil, mercurial disease, deep-seated syphilis, rheumatism and all disorders arising from a contaminated or impure state of the blood. With cases illustrating its success / [William Swaim].

  • Swaim, Wm. (William)
Date:
1824
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Credit: A treatise on Swaim's panacea; being a recent discovery for the cure of scrofula, or King's evil, mercurial disease, deep-seated syphilis, rheumatism and all disorders arising from a contaminated or impure state of the blood. With cases illustrating its success / [William Swaim]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASE XX VIE. [The following communication from one of the most respect- able surgeons in our country, (Dr. Stephen Brown, surgeon to — the New York Alms-House,) will be found peculiarly interest- ing, inasmuch as it affords one of the most striking and decided imstances of the successful application of the Panacea, in a case where a judicious use of the ordinary medicines had in vain contended against disease. Had this gentleman not been con- vinced of the superior advantages of this medicine over others, certainly it could not be expected that he would have given the communication.] New York, August, 1824, Sir,—Agreeably to your request, I send you the case of Mrs. H. Yours, with respect, STEPHEN Brown, M.D. Mr. Won. SwaiIM. Mrs. H., aged 40, had delicate health during five years previous to March, 1823; during which time, she had several attacks of a Rheumatic affection about the Pelvic region—so severe at times as to disable her from the use of the lower extremities. About the ist of March, 1823, she suddenly be- came, paralytic in the lower extremities, so that all