Autographed Letter, Signed, to Doctor [Thomas] Dimsdale, Bishop Stortford, Herts, 31 January 1788.

POTT, Percivall

Erscheinungsdatum: 1788

Beschreibung

A letter written in the last year of Percivall Pott's life (d. December 22, 1788). "Sir/ I yesterday saw your patient/ with the bad tongue, its aspect, the/ kind of sore, the induration, and the/ pain all imply a Cancerous tendency./ Mercury will do more harm than/ good and therefore ought not to be used/ or taken. I should advise a diet of/ milk, pudding, and vegetables only/ without meat wine beer or any strong/ liquor of any kind; to keep his body/ gently open by any gentle unirritat-/ ing medecine [sic], and to take as freely/ of the Ext. Cicutae as his head/ and stomach will conveniently bear/ and to wash his mouth frequently/ with a thin mucilage of Quince/ Seed sweetened with mell? Rosaceum/ and with half a dram of Sal prunell/ dissolved in half a pint or a pint/ of it as his mouth will bear without/ pain./ I am/ Your most obed Servt/ Percivall Pott/ 31 Jan 1788/ London. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 15190

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Autographed Letter, Signed, to Doctor [...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1788

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

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