A Treatise on the Effects and Various Preparations of Lead, Particularly of the Extract of Saturn, for Different Chirurgical Disorders; The Third Edition, With Additions; and a Table exhibiting the Difference between English and French Weights
London: Printed for P. Elmsley (Successor to Mr. Vaillant), 1772. Leather bound. Duodecimo size, 233 pp. 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..... More