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DEP - Deposited collections of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
HAJ - Collection of James Hamilton the elder
1 - Volume of letters and papers of James Hamilton the elder
Ref No
DEP/HAJ/1/79
Title
Letter to James Hamilton from D J W [Dickison?], Mull, Scotland
Date
8 Jun 1818
Term
Laxative
Bloodletting
Description Of Item
He is in favour of the use of purgatives and blood-letting and quotes from recent works that support him. He goes on to describe the incidence of tetanus in Jamaica [West Indies].
Extent
1 piece
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