A letter to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. concerning the virtues of the muriatic acid, or spirit of sea-salt, in the cure of putrid diseases / by Sir William Fordyce.

Date:
1790
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Credit: A letter to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. concerning the virtues of the muriatic acid, or spirit of sea-salt, in the cure of putrid diseases / by Sir William Fordyce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    publifhed at the fame time feveral certifi- cates of the great benefit that had been received from it. In a variety of complaints he fold it as a noftrum, and calls it the Alexicacon Spirit of the World, recommending it in all cafes: When, fays he, we confider the noble and univerfal character of fea-falt, the ingenious muft conclude, that a fpirit ** feparated from its dregs, and prefented to us in its ftrength and vigour, can- not but be worth welcome reception. And then he goes on to recapitulate its ufe externally, as well as internally; recom- mending it as preferable to lemon juice and vinegar, as more healthily taken mixed with water, beer, ale, cyder, or wine, and as proper for all forts of cookery; adding, that no error can be committed in taking any quantity from ten to forty drops; and that, as a prefervative, that quantity will ferve. But