A dissertation on the properties and efficacy of the Lisbon diet-drink; a medicine ... used in Portugal, in the cure of the venereal disease and scurvy : in which, its comparative excellence with mercury and guaiacum is considered. ... Together with reflections on the improper use of mercury. ... To which is annex'd an appendix; with ... cases / [John Leake].

  • Leake, John, 1729-1792
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A dissertation on the properties and efficacy of the Lisbon diet-drink; a medicine ... used in Portugal, in the cure of the venereal disease and scurvy : in which, its comparative excellence with mercury and guaiacum is considered. ... Together with reflections on the improper use of mercury. ... To which is annex'd an appendix; with ... cases / [John Leake]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

London : Printed for R. Baldwin ..., [1780]

Physical description

xiv, 3 unnumbered leaves, 152 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; (8vo)

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A new edition /

Notes

Preface dated 1780
Advertisements p. ii
Signatures: A8 b2 B-K8 L4
References: Wellcome cat. of printed books, v. 3, p. 464

Contents

"Supplement" (p. 145-152) taken in part from Jean Astruc's De morbis venereis.

References note

ESTC N1897

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