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Letter to Editor
March 20, 1767
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A 1766 letter from Shadwell, inserted in a London paper, recounts a successful folk remedy for dropsy: extracting juice from leeks and mixing increasing amounts with half a pint of new milk, as advised by a greengrocer woman. The writer, J.M., offers to produce witnesses.
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We insert the following Letter from a London Paper of the 17th of November, in hopes of its being of Service to the afflicted.
Shadwell, November 8, 1766.
A few days past I met an acquaintance of mine much afflicted with the dropsy, he 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 look 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.
J. M.
Shadwell, November 8, 1766.
A few days past I met an acquaintance of mine much afflicted with the dropsy, he 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 look 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.
J. M.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
What themes does it cover?
Health Medicine
What keywords are associated?
Dropsy
Leek Remedy
Folk Medicine
Shallowell
Gravel Lane
What entities or persons were involved?
J. M.
Letter to Editor Details
Author
J. M.
Main Argument
a simple remedy using leek juice mixed with milk cured an acquaintance's dropsy after failed medical treatments.
Notable Details
Remedy Advised By A Greengrocer Woman In Old Gravel Lane
Start With One Tablespoon Of Juice In Half Pint Of Milk, Increase As Tolerated
Writer Vouches For Truth And Offers Witnesses