Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark in the cure of agues and other fevers : interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy / by William Saunders.

  • Saunders, William, 1743-1817.
Date:
1782
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Credit: Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark in the cure of agues and other fevers : interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy / by William Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    t ] Often'd, byfon>eof our London Druggiftsi The Boxes in which it was brought to Europe were of the fame kind as thofe in which the common Peruvian Bark was Contained, and all fold by the general title bf Quinquina. The Druggifts in whofe hands the Red Bark at firft was, found it 'difficult to difpofe of it, its appearance was fo very unlike that of common Bark j / * * at laft they offered it by way of trial to fuch Apothecaries as rdide in counties where agues are frelq^uent; the fuccefs at- tending its ufe foon convinced them of its fuperior efficacy. It was early introduced into the hofpitals, and its greater powers became univerfally acknowledged: Tt has continued ever fince in general ufe in thei Hofpitals of St. Bartholomew, St. Tho- mas, Guy, and the London. The repu- tation therefore of the Red Bark hands better eflSbliffied, and is iupported by the concurring teftimony of more Phyficians, ^ 2 than