A Cure for the Gout by Tanfy Infusion
Dr SLeake reports two gout cases improved by tansy infusion. A gentleman under fifty used dried and fresh tansy daily for seven years, noting no evacuation effects but regular stools and good health. A wig-maker, aged 52, also used tansy after CuIpeper reference, drinking a weak infusion year round and eating fresh leaves in season, remaining free of gout and healthy.
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Sleake
Edinburgh New Essays
J .Mutt
P. Q
Besores
Iai
Culpeper
Pharmacopoeia Londinentis
Tanfy
Pistol Pocket Misread Triggered Brief Alarm
A disturbance arose when a Corsmon- Councinan seemed to reveal a pistol in his coat. The object turned out to be a tinder-box made of pipefuse, causing a momentary panic before the ruse was cleared. The incident occurred on July 11.
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Corsmon- Councinan
Plague spread and refugee flight amid European unrest
Reports from Constantinople Mittau and Vienna describe a renewed plague outbreak in the capital and suburbs as Polish and Lithuanian dissidents seek asylum near frontiers. Confederates pursue them, destroy towns and houses, and threaten Birsen church. Rumors of a Russian push toward Crimea surface as Ragusan envoys depart for St Petersburg. Count Orlov sails from Levion with ships toward the Archipelago.
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France
Holland
Poland
Lithuania
Birfen
Turnau
Pofuania
Rusia
Crimea
Turkey
Vienua
Republick of
Ragusi
Petersburgh
Russia
Republick
Leviorn
Alexis Orlow
Elected Connecticut Governor and Deputy-Governor
An AMN report notes Jonathan Trumbull elected Governor and Matthew Griswold Deputy-Governor for the ensuing year in Connecticut. A May 30 Philadelphia dispatch adds news of an express from Fort Pitt reporting Eahryn Howard of the 1&th regiment drowned in Chartrie's creek and Indians returning with scalps after excursions against southern tribes. Letters from the Hilimots dated April 1 say they are well and quiet.
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ANM & Rat
Boston
New England
Jonathan Trumbell
Connecticut
Matthew Griswold
Philadelphia
Fort Pitt
Eahryn Howard
Chartrie’s Creek
East Indiamen and ships sail to Lisbon Philadelphia Gibraltar
The ships list shows five East Indiamen sailing for various destinations with Cruizer sloop and other vessels. Arrivals at Liverpool Dover Lancaster include multiple merchant ships from Grenades North America St. Kitts Mogadore Gallipoly and Bremen with crews and captains noted. Terms indicate a busy maritime movement with ships to Lisbon Philadelphia Gibraltar and Jamaica routes and several port arrivals detailed.
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Dear
Jury
Wind
Cruizer
Trimmer
Welting
Lisbon
Polly
Peter
Stubbs
Philadelphia
Salisoury
Coombes
Gibraltar
Gravesend
Fury
Britannia
Smith
Narva
Nottingham
Kennedy
Thomas
Livington
Jamaica
Nelly
Herrington
Maryland
Industry
Shephardton
St. Kitt’s
Labella
Randal
Dublin
Bainbridge
Nancy
Jordan
Carolina
Alexander
Darlington
Bremen
Liverpool
Mary
Seatle
Norfolk
Woodhurn
Grenades
Amelia
London Aldermen summon for ancient Court of Escheats ceremony
Reports from London detail a Court of Aldermen meeting at Guildhall to swear in the Chamberlain and a Lord Mayor led Court of Escheats. The item notes longstanding absence of such a court, plus broader dispatches from Paris and Charleston about Jesuit prints bans and colonial governance shifts. It also covers ships, voyages, and local incidents, including fires at Paternoster Row and Temple, and a Norwich hospital project.
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London
Guildhall
Bristel
Wilkes
the Hagar
Paris
Charles Town
South Caroline
James Grant
Efe
Fast-Indiee
Mongueer
Bengal
Uson
Women commit grand theft in Wood Street shop
Four women entered a Wood Street shop under pretence of buying a silk hat and stole one, pinning it under an apron. They were pursued and brought before the Sitting Alderman at Guildhall and committed to Wood Street prison. Earlier, a masked violent robbery occurred at Mrs Stonil’s Cross Street home with a pistol threat and burglary of a bureau. Prominent promotions and marriages are listed. deaths noted include Thomas Cooper and James Taylor. multiple church weddings reported in Spitalfields, Marylebone, and Greenwhich areas.
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Woodstreet
Guildhall
Wood- Street Cempter
Yalain
Willun Faulkener
Fort Augustus
Scotland
Richard Trought
Benjamin Chapman
Regiment of Foot
Evans
George Thomas
Marybone
Davidson
Mills Halliburton
St. Peter le Poor
Hammon le Strange
Sir Roger le Strange
Jane Cumberlin
Cumberlin
County of Suffolk
Richard Scarratt
Half-moonalley
Aldersgate-street
Ann Sorrel
Dalston
Polffead
Suffolk
Cooper
Mazehill
Greenwich
James Taylor
Behgal
William Delaheld
Housaton
Essence of Pearl and Pearl Panacea Patent Tooth Remedy
Jacob Hemet, dentist to the Queen and Princess Amelia, recommends his Essence of Pearl and Pearl Panacea for teeth and gums. Claimed to whiten teeth, prevent enamel damage, cure toothache and scurvy of gums, freshen breath, and firm gums. Sold by Hemet’s appointment, Bayley, Price with multiple London outlets, price 2s 4d.
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Jacob Hemet
Amelia
Hemet
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Haymarket
J. Price
India-house
Leadenhal-street
London
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Jesus Christ
Stakhouse
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