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Letter to Editor
January 29, 1767
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
An anonymous letter shares a folk remedy for dropsy: extract juice from a pounded leek and take increasing amounts in half a pint of new milk, which cured the writer's acquaintance after failed medical treatments.
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From the PUBLICK LEDGER.
To the PRINTER.
A Few days past I met an acquaintance of mine much afflicted with the dropsy, who had applied to several eminent Gentlemen of the Faculty, without success. Accidentally he dropt into a green stall in Old Gravel lane, where the woman knowing him, she said, Mr. -, you don't seem well; his reply was, I have got a dropsy. The house being full of customers, she desired him to stay; then advised him to take a leek, pound it in a mortar, extract the juice, and to take a table spoonful in half a pint of new milk. To avoid prolixity, he was desired to double, treble, &c. the quantity of the juice (but still in the half pint of milk) according as he found his constitution could bear it. He did so, and now is in a perfect state of health. This you may depend is a truth; for, if required, I can produce the parties.
To the PRINTER.
A Few days past I met an acquaintance of mine much afflicted with the dropsy, who had applied to several eminent Gentlemen of the Faculty, without success. Accidentally he dropt into a green stall in Old Gravel lane, where the woman knowing him, she said, Mr. -, you don't seem well; his reply was, I have got a dropsy. The house being full of customers, she desired him to stay; then advised him to take a leek, pound it in a mortar, extract the juice, and to take a table spoonful in half a pint of new milk. To avoid prolixity, he was desired to double, treble, &c. the quantity of the juice (but still in the half pint of milk) according as he found his constitution could bear it. He did so, and now is in a perfect state of health. This you may depend is a truth; for, if required, I can produce the parties.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
What themes does it cover?
Health Medicine
What keywords are associated?
Dropsy
Leek Remedy
Folk Medicine
Old Gravel Lane
What entities or persons were involved?
The Printer
Letter to Editor Details
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The Printer
Main Argument
a simple remedy using leek juice in milk successfully cured dropsy after medical treatments failed.
Notable Details
Remedy From A Woman At A Green Stall In Old Gravel Lane
Increase Juice Quantity Gradually In Half Pint Of New Milk