Two letters to Dr. Jones on the composition of the eau medicinale d'Husson / by James Moore.

  • Moore, James Carrick, 1763-1834.
Date:
1811
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Credit: Two letters to Dr. Jones on the composition of the eau medicinale d'Husson / by James Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    This malady chiefly afflicts the highest order of society, and those who are engaged in mental pursuits. It has ever been con- sidered the opprobrium of physicians ; who are usually reduced to the mortification of witnessing, rather than of alleviating, their patients* distress. They are rarely capable of preventing, or of even retarding, the per- petual recurrence of the attacks of the disease ; for all their efforts are commonly fruitless, and they see their patients tor- mented from year to year, their limbs maimed, their strength melted, their spirits broken, and at last sink into the grave. A hope now gleams upon us, that a remedy is at length disclosed for counter- acting this intolerable malady. By know- ing the composition, physicians can employ it with full effect. The arbitrary and un- changeable forms of empirical medicines ✓