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Paper, 'The practice of purging and vomiting medicine according to Dr Cockburn's solution of his problem' by Dr [William] Cockburn

Reference number: CLP/14i/63

Date: 1708

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Cockburn writes on the dosing of purging and vomiting medicine, how they interact with the blood in the body, the different effects these medicines give. He finishes with dosing tables to be used when prescribing these medicines.

Subject: Medicine / Pharmacy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The practice of purging and vomiting medicines, according to Dr. Cockburn's solution of his problem; with tables shewing their doses in particular ages and constitutions. Inscrib'd to the learned Dr. Garth, F. R. S. by W. Cockburn, M. D.'

Read to the Royal Society on 2 June 1708.

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CLP/14i/63
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1708
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Ink on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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William Cockburn

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William Cockburn, Paper, 'The practice of purging and vomiting medicine according to Dr Cockburn's solution of his problem' by Dr [William] Cockburn, 1708, CLP/14i/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14i_63/paper-the-practice-of-purging-and-vomiting-medicine-according-to-dr-cockburns-solution-of-his-problem-by-dr-william-cockburn, accessed on 20 July 2026

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