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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    4S detailed, I shall therefore spare you the trouble of reading them. Indeed I have long observed that printed cases, even when attested by the most respectable signatures, avail little in establishing me- dical facts. On the present occasion, the truth will soon be made manifest, by less equivocal proofs: for the infusion of White Hellebore is compounded by many apothecaries and' chemists, and has already been employed to some extent. Those who have communicated with me have asserted that the mixed infusions of White Hellebore and Laudanum occasioned great relief in paroxysms of the gout, and acted in a similar manner to the Eau Medicinale d’Husson. I had also the pleasure of being in- formed lately by a surgeon of my ac- quaintance, that his brother, a physician,