Excerpt from A Dissertation on the Properties and Efficacy of the Lisbon Diet-Drink, in the Cure of the Venereal Disease, the Scurvy, and Other Disorders Arising From an Impure State of the Blood: Together With Reflections on the Use and Abuse of Mercury, and the Manner of Its Action on the Solids and Fluids; To Which Is Added, Such Remarkable Cases as Have Been Successfully Treated by a Course of the Diet-DrinkQaeen Dawager of Portugal It's Same/s was ? Amazing in many Cows that were thoaght to he inearahz'e, that feveral Gentle enen refirtea' thither from England, Italy, Holland and all Parts of Europe, in Hohes Cf Relief; [0 that, of late I ears, 'lit'oon has heen more famous even than Montpelier, for the Means of re/ioring thofie Contumptive Patients, _who/e Con/litations, haa' [afierea' from Venereal Complaints, or the ingbrotberf/j'e of Mercury.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.