MEDICAL BENEFIT SOCIETY OF LONDON.

The Medical Society of London.

The Medical Society of London was founded in 1773 by the Quaker physician and philanthropist, Dr John Coakley Lettsom, who was convinced that a combined membership of physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries would prove productive. His revolutionary idea met with success and the Society has provided a forum for all branches of the medical profession for the last 231 years. Situated at the heart o...

Transactions of the Medical Society of London

Art. 13. Observations on the Use of the Bark of Szoietenia Febrifiiga. By W.Roxburgh, M.D. About the year 1791, Dr. R. published some observations on this bark ; and between that period and 1806 (the date of the present paper) the medicine had been successfully used as a febrifuge in various parts of the world. Documents from numerous practitioners are here brought forward in support of Dr. Rox...

Transactions of the Medical Society of London

This is a long, but by 110 means uninteresting Article. Dr. Adams has displayed considerable ingenuity in the theoretical part of the paper, and what is of more consequence, has evinced much talent in his therapeutic views. He divides Epilepsy into acute and chronic. Under the former head he describes the well known paroxysms of this dreadful disease, preceded sometimes by higher health than or...

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