Claim · 1775 · Ward's Pill and Drop
Advertising for the medicine sold under Ward's name claims the White Drop does 'great service' against King's Evil (scrofula), leprosy, and St Anthony's Fire, is 'a great antivenereal,' and that companion remedies relieve gout, rheumatism, fevers, and coughs.
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- Observations on the Present State, of the Late Dr. Ward's Medicines: To Which Is Added an Account (from Experience) of Their Real Virtues and Efficacy — [J. White], Observations on the Present State, of the Late Dr. Ward's Medicines: To Which Is Added an Account (from Experience) of Their Real Virtues and Efficacy. Addressed to the Public, by J. White, Chymist (London, 1775). Digitized copy: U.S. National Library of Medicine, Digital Collections, record 2781423R.