William Bachellor to Captain Hudson discussing the chemistry of salt and its medical applications, 14 July 1777.
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
William Bachellor was a surgeon who served in the American Revolution in 1778.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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Summary
Discusses the chemistry of Dr. Boerhaav and determines there is No process in which the purging Salts are made that is practicable at this Time. Transcribes a long passage from a book explaining how to make salt cartharticum.