Samuel Solomon (1745-1819): quack or entrepreneur?

Scholarly biographical study of Samuel Solomon and the Cordial Balm of Gilead, the source for the biographical and commercial facts in this case bundle. Facts copied from the fetched article text: Solomon's MD 'was conferred in 1796 on the recommendation of Drs Joseph Moore and Isaac Fisher'; an affidavit sworn at Liverpool before Thomas Golightly, JP, on 29 August 1796 maintained that Solomon was the Cordial Balm of Gilead's sole inventor; the balm was 'first marketed in 1796'; its name derives from Jeremiah 8:22 ('Is there no balm in Gilead?'); a bottle 'sold for half-a-guinea'; the ingredients were kept secret and purchased in different towns, with rumour that the elixir was 'fine old French brandy' laced with spices and even 'dissolved gold', and 'sales of this cure-all were phenomenal'; Solomon's Liverpool residence Gilead House stood amid gardens and shrubberies; and Solomon died 'during a visit to Bath on 21 May 1819', his body conveyed to the Liverpool mausoleum. The article title and text place his birth around 1745 (following Louis Hyman), while Mugglestone (2021) gives c.1768, so this bundle treats the birth year as disputed. Byline, journal, volume, year, and page range confirmed from the fetched article page. Cited for biography, dates, the affidavit, the half-guinea price, and the fortune, not for any assessment of efficacy.