A Treatise On The Effects And Various Preparations Of Lead Particularly Of The Extract Of Saturn

by Mr Goulard Thomas

$200 · Offered by Swan's Fine Books

London: Printed for P. Elmsley Successor to Mr. Vaillant , 1772. Leather bound. Duodecimo size, 233 pp. Good. Item #19021311 French surgeon Thomas Goulard 1697-1784 promoted the use of lead in medicine, famously with his Goulard's extract , a mix of lead acetate and lead monoxide, for a variety of purposes and health benefits; in this book he provides recipes for the Extract of Saturn , which, he goes on to state,

• Binding: Leather

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