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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    [ 26] ufing my volatile Sale foe feme time, fhe perfedlly 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 almofl: as big as aMan’sThigh,and had a vaftNum* ber 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 been falivated, but grew worfe in- ftead of better. For her Arm I ordered a common Poultice, and gave her my volatile Salt dilTolved in Rain-Water diftilled, Four or Five times in a Day, a Tea-fpoonful at a time; and in a fhort Time her Health was reftored. With this volatile Salt I have cured inve¬ terate Poxes of a very long ftanding. By what I have feen and obferved in Con- fumptions, I believe, if the Patients are not too far gone^ they may be cured by this vo¬ latile Salt diffolved in Rain-Water, and by getting into the Air at the fame time, as I have experienced in feveralconfumptive Pa¬ tients. This Diftemper jis frequently fym- ■ptomatical. Milk is oftentimes ufed impro¬ perly.