Medical reports, of the effects of tobacco, in the cure of dropsies and dysuries, or cases of pain and difficulty of passing urine ... Together with observations--on the medicinal effects of tobacco. From correspondents / [Thomas Fowler].

Thomas Fowler

Date:: 1788

Credit: Medical reports, of the effects of tobacco, in the cure of dropsies and dysuries, or cases of pain and difficulty of passing urine ... Together with observations--on the medicinal effects of tobacco. From correspondents / [Thomas Fowler]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$repeated Intervals, during the Space of eight Months, and always with correfponding Relief. The Infufion in William Griptons Cafe was likewife very fuccefsful, but it deferves to be noticed, that the Increafe of Urine did not take Place till the fixth Day from his com- mencing the Ufe of the Medicine ; whereas, in general, it proves diuretic within the firtt two or three Days of its Adminiftration. Coe A ae Sur fare SSC ETT OHN GOSSIDGE, of Stafford, aged 42, cured of dropfical Swellings of the Legs of two Yearsanda_ half Continuance (much aggravated by a Stroke of the Palfy twenty- feven Months ago) chiefly by taking fifty Drops of the Infufion twice a Day for eleven Days. It operated as a Diuretic, Diaphoretic, and Laxative, attended with a flight Naufea and Giddinefs. The Cure was alfo affifted by the Ufe of Bandages. | Cra Smee toe K TX, ALTER OSBORN, of Leek, aged go, anIn-Patient, cured of a dropfi- cal Swelling of his Leg, of two Years Conti- nuance, chiefly by taking eight Pills of Tobac- col], at three Dofes, in the Space of a few Hours, {| Pilule Nicotiane No. 2$