To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty :
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[London? : publisher not identified, 1781?]; 27 images, 25 with full-text search
Document Record
- Creator
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Bridge, Thomas, author
Great Britain. Admiralty. - Title
- To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty : the humble memorial of Thomas Bridge of Bread-Street, London, merchant.
- Published
- [London? : publisher not identified, 1781?]
- Identifier
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oocihm.32371
32371 - Subject
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Picea glauca -- Therapeutic use.
Scurvy -- Early works to 1800.
Picea glauca -- Emploi en thérapeutique.
Scorbut -- Ouvrages avant 1800. - Document source
- Electronic reproduction.
- Notes
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Caption title.
Place and date of publication supplied by the National Library of Canada.
There are many manuscript notes and additions to the text, apparently written by the author, and several paragraphs of additional printed text were pasted into the original.
Thomas Bridge, together with Dr. Henry Taylor of Quebec, had observed the efficacy of spruce beer as a cure for scurvy and was seeking the Admiralty' s business.
20 pages ; 21 cm. - Collection
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Monographs
- Language
- English
- URL
- https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32371