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Ref NoDEP/ABJ/4/2/2
TitleLetter from John Nimmo, 64 Hutchison Street, [Glasgow], Scotland to John Abercrombie
Date17 Jan 1821
TermPertussis
Description Of ItemHe writes about a plan to open vapour baths which already operate in Edinburgh and asks about their beneficial effects. He also asks whether Abercrombie had used prussic acid as had been trialled by Dr Granville and others in London, England. Nimmo had found it useful for whooping cough although he had trouble sourcing acid of a constant standard. He gives the formula that he used.
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