A letter to Dr. Peter Shaw, concerning a very useful discovery and considerable improvement in the black epileptical powder, (Pulvis epilepticus niger) / [Diederick Wessel Linden].

  • Linden, Diederick Wessel, active 1745-1768
Date:
1746
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Credit: A letter to Dr. Peter Shaw, concerning a very useful discovery and considerable improvement in the black epileptical powder, (Pulvis epilepticus niger) / [Diederick Wessel Linden]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ beneficial to the human Body, but i( by Chemiftry : ? it were to be wifh’d fome Gen- ,“r : ± , tle.men of the Faculty would en- p ! ■ > ^ : . • ter more ferioufiy into the Difqui- fition of thefe Truths, and not reft contented with a fuperficial Theo¬ ry, but home times exert themfelves in the Practical Part : They would then not fall into fuch Errors and commit thofe Miftakes, which too frequently they are liable to. Had (that otherwife learned and skillful Man) Dr. Quincy, been more converfant in this noble Sci¬ ence, and known how to inform his Judgment by this Touchftone ; he
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