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BUTTER, William (1726 – 1805)

1726 – 1805

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1773 CE

#14117

A treatise on the kinkcough. With an appendix. Containing an account of hemlock, and its preparation.

Probably the first book on whooping cough, proceeding Watt's book by 40 years. Butter proposed hemlock as a treatment for whooping cough. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. (Thanks to Webb Dordick for t…