Medical reflections on stomach bile and poisons
A letter to Dr. Mitrearte in the N York Medical Repository discusses methods to shorten illness severity and ease treatment. It outlines causes like bile and acid imbalances, damp clothing, and poison exposure, plus remedies including vinegar washes, weak alkaline drinks, tepid water, and various oils or purgatives. The piece notes airflow and ventilation as crucial to preventing yellow fever linked toxins.
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Peterburg
Cloudina
Aho
Gas dangers in crowded towns and well explosions
The letter discusses poisonous gas from charcoal killing occupants in tight rooms and warns against descending wells to pour water or use fire. It references the Medical Repository of May 1808 for explanations of blood circulation affected by gases and oxygen. John Brickell and Samuel Latham Mitchell, M.D. from New York are cited.
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John Brickell
Samuel Latham Mitchell
Dews York
List of Letters from Columbia July 1 1809
An itemized roster of names including John Avara James Brantley James Burne Andrew Beall Elizabeth Roys Meflis James and Bennett Boroughs Jeffere Clerk of the Superior Court John Collifty and others with a note JOHN COLE p m July 15 indicating a government or court-related list of individuals and positions from Columbia.
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James Brantley
James Burnefides
Andrew Beall
Elizabeth Roys
Meflis
James and Bennett
Jeffere
Superior Court
John Collifty
Joseph Darfey
Land bargain near Augusta with mill sites and timber
A tract of 092 acres in Edgefield district South Carolina lies about fifteen miles from Augusta along Horse and Bridge creeks. It includes mill seats and a Saw Mill on Bridge creek with valuable timber nearby. Owned by William Price of Charleston, titled by Breithaupt heirs, inquiry at Edgefield Court House with Eldred Simkins.
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Edgefield Distric
S. Carolina
Augusta
Horse Creek
Bridge Creek
Horse
Bridge Creeks
Cotton Gins Offer to patrons near Edgefield with dispatch
The subscriber announces a cotton gin shop within a half mile of Edgefield Court House offering gins equal to any in the state at two dollars and fifty cents. Orders and advertisements go to the Chronicle Office Augusta. Also includes medical notes praising Dec. Lee’s Patent New London Bilious Pills and their health benefits. Augusta June 17 1809.
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Chronicle
Augusta
Dec. Lee
New London
Connecticut Medical Society
Isaac Herbert
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Morris Kelly, Jr
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Columbia County
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Baldwin County
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Columbia Coutty
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