The ancient physician's legacy to his country ... Or, an account of the several diseases incident to mankind ... / [Thomas Dover].

  • Dover, Thomas, 1660-1742
Date:
1762
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Credit: The ancient physician's legacy to his country ... Or, an account of the several diseases incident to mankind ... / [Thomas Dover]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    great Man, upon another Occafiori, Very juftly obferv’d, is that ftubborn Kind 0/ Evidence, which will not yield to the moil perfuafive Eloquence, nor bend to the molt imperious Authority. In anfwer to one of your Enquiries, If there can be any Inftances produc’d of Qdckfilver’s paffing by Urine? I am willing to give you entire Satisfaction by referring you to the following Perfons: Richard Freeman ± Efquire, at the Lower-End of Little James-Strcet, Bedford-Row; Ezekiel Wallis, Efquire, at Luckenham, late High-* Sheriff of Wiltjhire; and Mr. Aj]enton> of Bradford' in Wiltjhire. I don’t in the leaft Question, if the proper Glafles were ufed, but you might fee the Quickiilver voided by Urine, in more or lefs Quantities, by almofl every Perfon that takes it. As it is a moft excellent Remedy in the Gravel, it muft neceflarily enter the Kidneys; and can there be any Paffage more 'natural for*' it afterwards, than the Ureters, and lb to the Bladder ? Not withstanding you fei out with a J Zeal for the public Good, yet any Eye may