Plague Cure From Olive Oil Method Shared
A London pamphlet notes an Italian method for curing plague using olive oil rubbed into the skin, warmed by burning sugar and juniper berries. It cites George Baldwin in Egypt and Reverend Lewis de Pavia, with cautions on timing, diet, and hygiene, and mentions a Royal Academy of Sciences copy in Lisbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Bercaroto
Vienna
Royal Academy of Sciences of
Lisbon
Pinrosher
Academy
Europe
Gibraltar
Portugal
Anid
England
Count Berchtold
George Baldwin
Big
Alexandria
Egypt
Baldwin
Lewis de Pavia
St. Anthony’s
Smyrna
Barbary
cMec
Stamp Duty and Lottery Office Notice
A fragmented notice describes stamping 500,000 shares under a State Lottery act. It warns country correspondents not to send money in letters and to use Post-Master Orders on London. It mentions bank, India and South-Sea stacks, government securities bought and sold by commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
India
South-Sea
Hornsby and Co
Lotteby Orrick
Royals Exchange
Trewman and Son’s
Exeter
Thomas Billenge
Liverpool
Law Report in King s Bench on Lunacy Case Verdict
The case, heard before Lord Kenyon, involved George Allen suing his brother Thomas Allen along with Gascoigne and Warburton for imprisoning him in Hoxton square madhouse on lunacy pretext. Testimony described erratic behavior and eccentric acts. verdict favored the defendants. judges urged strict adherence to the act requiring medical orders for confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erfine
Garrow
George Allen
Thomas Allen
Gascoigne
Warburton
Hoxton Square
Erskine
Epping Forest
Hoxton-square
Sutton
Constable
Owen Jones
Gaschigne
Hexton-square
Thomias Allen
London
Budd
Willis
Doarding
Hoxton-fauare
Rovet
Lord Kanyon
Lord Kenyon
Lincoln Clergymen Fund gains relief for widows orphans
Cambridge reports success of the Bishop of Lincoln's Fund for clergymen's widows and orphans. Benefactors total 5 pounds 11 shillings and annual subscriptions 603 pounds 1 shilling, with hope for increases before the first annual midsummer meeting. Canterbury fire devastates Smarden dwelling. Hawkshush fire contained. Ipswich child tragedy from unattended faggots. Maldon woman commits suicide by poison amid late pregnancy.
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Cambridge
Lincoln
County of
Canterbury
Smarden
James Buss
William Everen
James Homwodd
Tobit
Hawk
Ipswich
Norwich
Maldon
Sarah Goody
Werditt Felo de Fe
Spilsbury Antiscor Drops Sold at William Clark Shop
Inhabitants of the Borough and nearby villages may obtain Spilsbury’s antiscor drops at William Clark’s Medicinal Shop No 296 Borough. Agent for Mrs Spilsbury Soho Square. Orders offered in dozens, halves, or single bottles.
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Tux Kino
Spirsbuny
Surry
Kent
William Clark
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Lower
LAW Report
Court of King’s Bench
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