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Excerpt from Maladies, Remedies and Physicians of Colonial Days in Burlington County, and Other Kindred Topics
But I almost forgot to say that ours settlers did not rely entirely on the vegetable kingdom for their medicinal agents. Calomel played an important part in the treatment of most all diseases, not only by the profession but in domestic practice. Tradition tells us of one family that was accustomed to buy it by the pound.
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