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Powder for the Stone and Gravel in the Kiddes Church
The advertisement extols a powder remedy for kidney stones and gravel with claims of dissolving stones and easing humors, sold by Weeklys tobacconist near St Dunstan's Church Fleet Street and Mrs Garraway at the Royal Exchange Gate Cornhill for four pence with directions. It also promotes Boerhaave's Method of Studying Physick and a multi-volume Oxford history reprint, with publishers and prices listed, and notes further titles including The Adventures of Telemachus translated from French.
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St. Dunllan’s
Fleet-treet
H. P
C. Rivington
Bible and Crown
St. Paul's Churchyard
Jermyn-street
St. James's Church
J. SackGeld
Lincolns-Inn-Square
University of Oxford