Paper, 'An essay towards ascertaining the doses of vomiting and purging medicines' by Charles Balguy
Reference number: EL/B3/26
Date: 1734
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Paper puts forward an hypothesis for the level of doses of medicine and their effects on the body
Balguy disagrees with the work of Dr William Cockburn on this topic which was published in 'Philosophical Transactions' (volume 24, number 293, page 1753 and volume 26, number 314, page 46)
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- EL/B3/26
- Earliest possible date
- 1734
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Charles Balguy, Paper, 'An essay towards ascertaining the doses of vomiting and purging medicines' by Charles Balguy, 1734, EL/B3/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_26/paper-an-essay-towards-ascertaining-the-doses-of-vomiting-and-purging-medicines-by-charles-balguy, accessed on 09 November 2025
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I. 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. External link, opens in new tab.
Author: William Cockburn
Date: 1st April 1708
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