Volume 1

A short account of several excellent medicines lately discovered in the argol or tartar; together with its preparations / [William Taube Dove].

  • Dove, William Taube
Date:
1757
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A short account of several excellent medicines lately discovered in the argol or tartar; together with its preparations / [William Taube Dove]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i *3 ] Brain. Not having before one Tooth, they fbot into the Gums all at once, and haften'd his Death. A Man in the Country, about 40,. was lelzed with Convulfion Fits by hard Drink¬ ing, many times in a Day, which frequently lafted for about a Quarter of an Hour. After proper laxative Phyfick, I gave him my raw Cryftals of Tartar. He began to grow fo well, that he only had a flight Touch of them in Twenty-four Hours timej but finding himfelf grow better, and being tired of liv¬ ing foberly, he fell to drinking again, where¬ upon his Fits returned: But as he would not be prevailed with to refrain from Drinking, I pofitively rcfufed to have any thing more to do with him. A Gentlewoman of about 30, was taken with prodigious flrong Fits, and lay in a mi- ferable Condition. I was obliged to open her Mouth with a Silver Spoon, and forced Two Dofes of my raw Cryflals of Tartar down her Throat with Water every Hour: After which I had the Satisfadion to fee her perfedly recover, I have had feveral Cafes of Fits and Con- vulfions of many Years ftanding, and alfo in Hyfterical