Two letters to Dr. Jones on the composition of the eau medicinale d'Husson / by James Moore.

  • Moore, James Carrick, 1763-1834.
Date:
1811
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Credit: Two letters to Dr. Jones on the composition of the eau medicinale d'Husson / by James Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    curately from the same prescription, differ- ed much in smell and taste. I got three phials of Sydenham’s Laudanum made at three of the best shops in London, and I was astonished to find that their smell was very different. Yet, I have no doubt that all these medicines are extremely good, and well prepared. If you make the trial, you will be sur- prised to find how much the odour of differ- ent parcels of the same medicine differ from each other. For the volatile particles are so fugitive, that the smell of many medi- cines, by keeping them a short time, changes considerably. On finding this I perceived that it was quite impossible to expect that I should make a mixture which would precisely have the same smell of the Eau Medicinale. The superiority alone of English saffron