Morbus anglicanus sanatus, or, A remarkable cure of an inveterate scurvy ... / in a letter from a country clergyman to his son in London. Concluding with a contrivance or two, for saving the lives of those, who shall happen to be in the upper rooms of a house, when the lower are on fire.

Date:
1766
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Credit: Morbus anglicanus sanatus, or, A remarkable cure of an inveterate scurvy ... / in a letter from a country clergyman to his son in London. Concluding with a contrivance or two, for saving the lives of those, who shall happen to be in the upper rooms of a house, when the lower are on fire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / ( J7 ) as the moil excellent Man, for Complaints of the fcorbutic Kind. Away hies the cre¬ dulous Man to the Houfe of this able Phy¬ sician ; who, having heard and ruminated a little upon the Matter, fays; Sir, it is perhaps in my Power, to pick your Pocket of many Fees, in combating this inveterate Diilemper of your's : But I fcorn fo merce¬ nary a Procedure. Take your Horfe, let me advife you, and haften to Scarborough, Harrowgate, or Cheltenham; it is my Opi¬ nion, any of thofe Waters will recover you. With much Fatigue he trots down to the firil of thefe Places; with great Expence he abides there the ufual Time. From the Ufe of the Waters, the Humours he com¬ plained of were in fome Meafure checked; the Delights of the Place, and Amufements of the Company, gave him a Flow of Spirits ; and he returns to Town, full of Satisfaction, and Hopes of a perfeCt Cure. But he had not rolled on a Month, in the old Channel of Life, before his Complaint returned with its fuil Force, together with all its melancholy Attendants. What fhall he now do ? What other Twig is there to be pitched at? What other Profelfor in the C • medical