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ABERCROMBY, David (1621 – 1695)

1621 – 1695

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1684 CE

#2375

Tuta, ac efficax luis venereae, saepe absque mercurio, ac semper absque salivatione mercuriali curando methodus.

Abercromby advanced the idea that syphilis was caused by a parasite, and promoted mercury as a treatment. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.