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Advertisement. : We do hereby certify, that Mr. Francisco Torres, a native of France, has brought with him some snake stones, which he bought amongst the Spaniards, come from China, which snake stones have the virtue of curing the bites of any venomous or poisonous creatures such as snakes, scorpions or mad dogs ... This we testify for truth: Rhode-Island in New-England, October 12. 1740. Thomas Saquin, William Hatton, Samuel Hobert...

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Saquin, Thomas.
Duche, Anthony, author.
Hobert, Samuel, author.
Hatton, W. (William), author.
Contributor:
Hatton, W. (William)
Hobert, Samuel.
Duche, Anthony.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Torres, Francisco.
Antidotes.
Medicine, Popular.
Poisonous animals.
Venom.
Patent medicines.
Genre:
Broadsides.
Advertisements -- Patent medicines.
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; ?⁰
Place of Publication:
[United States] : [publisher not identified], [1743?]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
Followed by instructions for using the stones, and a statement testifying to their curing powers, signed by Anthony Duche and dated at Philadelphia, April the 5th. 1743.
Possibly Evans 14011, an advertisement by Anthony Duche, for which no copy is located.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Cited in:
Evans, 14011
Bristol, B1069
Shipton & Mooney, 40185
English Short Title Catalog, W34584.
Access Restriction:
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