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AILHAUD, (Jean-Gaspard).
L'Ami des Malades ou Discours historique & apologtique sur la Poudre purgative de M. Ailhaud (Jean, 1714-1756)... [bound with:] JOURNAL de Mdecine, Chirurgie et Pharmacie. Seconde dition, Juillet-dcembre 1755 Tome III.
Paris, Grang & Didot, 1770 & 1783. 365, [iii] for Ailhaud; 476, [iv] for the Journal pp. 12mo (10,5 x 17,5 cm.). Contemporary half calf, gilt lettered on red & black morocco label (joints worn; some rubbing, top of spine slightly damaged).
Reference : 1871
A rare ensemble. Ailhaud, the greatest of all French quackers, became famous for his "Poudre". He established selling points in the major cities of France and Germany and gained a fortune with his patented "poudre". According to Jourdan, the nostrum was composed from resin, soot, and scammony. Ailhaud powders are said to have destroyed as many people as Napoleon's campaigns. After Ailhaud's dead, the quackery was successfully continued by his son Jean-Gaspard. --(The title page of Ailhaud has a small hole, not affecting the text; else some scattered light staining or foxing).
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