A dissertation on fevers and inflammatory distempers : wherein an expeditious method is proposed of curing those dangerous disorders / by R. James, M.D. ... ; to which is added, an account of the success with which this medicine has been given in the small pox, yellow fever, slow fever, and rheumatism.

  • James, R. (Robert), 1703?-1776.
Date:
1755
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Credit: A dissertation on fevers and inflammatory distempers : wherein an expeditious method is proposed of curing those dangerous disorders / by R. James, M.D. ... ; to which is added, an account of the success with which this medicine has been given in the small pox, yellow fever, slow fever, and rheumatism. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    m \ / ~ J which have not had the fame Effett with thofe I had of that Gentleman; and every Empirick here, upon the Difcovery made, fets up to make Dr. James's Powders, whereby your effedtual Medicine is beginning to grow into Difrepute, the natural Confequence of every Inven¬ tion, that deprives the Fraternity of their Perquifites. Be not however, Sir, difcouraged, but perfift in your ingeni¬ ous Enquiries and Competitions for the Benefit of your Fellow Creatures, which in Time may baffle the Efforts of, and expofe your Enemies to Shame, through the benign Influence of the great Author of our Being, who will never fuffer well-meaning Men to be defpifed. Lxtratt of a Letter from a Clergyman in Suffolk, to Mr. Newbery, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, dated jan. 15* 1755* ' S I R, I Sent for fome of Dr. James's Powder to your Shop, and preferred it to our Apothecary, who tried it with ex¬ traordinary Succefs ; and a few Weeks fince, defigning to ©ive them a Gentleman in the Town, I bought two Papers ■ of aPerfon in this Neighbourhood, which had no Effeft upon three different Subjects, tho’ given exaftly according to the Doaor’s Direftions. Our Apothecary apprehends them to be counterfeit, tho’ feaPd and done up like yours; ♦they were finer and whiter than what 1 had from you, which, if l remember right, were a little grey and gritty. If you think it worth while, I’ll fend you a Paper of them. In the mean Time pleafe to fend me by the Bearer fome more of yours. From the above Letters, without troubling the Reader with others to the fame Purport, ’twill appear, that there are People in the World, who, having no Regard either to private Property, or the Good of the Public, will venture upon the moft difhoneft, bafe, and fraudulent Pradlices, to gratify their Envy or their Avarice. F 1 N I S.