An account of remarkable cures, performed by the use of Maredant's antiscorbutic drops / prepared by John Norton.
- Norton, John, -1783
- Date:
- [1774]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of remarkable cures, performed by the use of Maredant's antiscorbutic drops / prepared by John Norton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![were fo much fwelled, that the fmall part of theu^ was 'as thick as the calf, andfeveral holes in thenr);^ which caiifed an inflammation fo great, that I was unable to walk for near three months. I took many medicines, and had the advice of feveral eminent phyficians, but in vain; at laf: I was ad- vifed to take Maredant’s Drops, prepared by Mr. Norton, Surgeon, in]_London, which you fell, and have the fatisfaflion to inform you, that by taking leven bottles of tbefe valuable Drops, I find my- fclf perfedly cured I fhould think myfelf defi¬ cient in gratitude to the author of tbefe valuable Drops, did I not make my cafe public, that others <^f my fellow-creatures labouring under fuch a dreadful diforder, may know where to get imme¬ diate relief. I am your humble fervant, STEPHEN ARMITAGE, Crampton-court, May i, 1773* To Mr. NORTON, Surgeon, in GoUen-fqmre^ Lcndon. S I Pv, Think I fhould be undefervjng the benefit I _ have received, and greatly deficient in point of gratitude to you, did I not lay*before the publig my late deplorable Situation, and the benefit I have received by your Maredant’s Drops. My Cafe vcas this: about a year and a half fince I gpi: a cold, (by riding to Bath in a rainy day) fuc- ceeded by a malignant fever, which, with diffi¬ culty I furviv^d: fome months after this, I per-> ceived an eruption on my arms and legs, and af¬ terwards on my face, to fuch a violent degree, that it was one entire fcab, and fmylt intolerably; mye)es5 nofe, and mouth, were almoft cigfed up, whic^](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3079030x_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
