A free and candid examination of Dr. Cadogan's Dissertation on the gout, and chronic diseases. In which are contained, some observations on the nature and effects of alkalis and acids / By William Carter, late Fellow of Oriel College, Oxon.

  • Carter, W. (William)
Date:
[1772?]
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Credit: A free and candid examination of Dr. Cadogan's Dissertation on the gout, and chronic diseases. In which are contained, some observations on the nature and effects of alkalis and acids / By William Carter, late Fellow of Oriel College, Oxon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tired as I am, I muft yet attend the DiiTertator to the common decoraments of the lahky and weigh the merits of pepper^ falt^ nufiard^ and vinegaf^\ It wiil be difficMlt^ [ apprehend, for pepper to find an advo- :ate ; at lead, I Ihall not undertake to plead t’s caufe. But what has vinegar, salt, and ViUST^RD done to deferve exile? have generally been thought well of^ by the com- nunity, and do not merit fuch ill treatment, something has been already faid, in refpedt :o VIN E G A '2.^ as a refifter of p lUrefaBion^ &c. o which I fhall here add, from the authority )f Celfus, that four wine, or vinegar^ hecomes i remedy in difeafesf. Mustard has ever )een efteemed a good antifcorhuticj and anti- )aralyiic^ and salt ought to be looked upon IS anfwering thofe ends, which the Difler- ator himfelf declares are anfwered by vege- ahles\. I'hat animal fubilances are preferved Dy it from putrefadfion is pad a doubt ; and :hat dry marine falt^ mixed with our food, helps * Page 35. f Vini vitium tranfit in rernedium. Celfus de medicina,/ X See page 44,