By Virtue of His MAJESTY’s ROYAL LETTERS
PATENT, bearing Date the 7th Day of December,
1768. 
Dr. NORRIS’s MEDICINE:
OR,
ANTIMONIAL DROPS for FEVERS, &c. 
THESE Drops, if taken according to the following Di- 
rections, will remove any Continual Acute FEVER in 
a few Hours, though attended with Convulsions, Light- 
headedness, and the most dangerous Symptoms; but if taken in the 
Beginning of a FEVER, a very small Quantity is generally suf- 
ficient to perform a Cure; and that, without giving the least 
Disturbance or Uneasiness whatforever, to the most delicate 
Constitution; on the contrary, they are so friendly to Nature, 
and pleasant withal, that the Patient, instead of loathing, will 
long for the Time coming round for taking them. SMALL 
Pox, MEASLES, MILIARY FEVERS, and all those of the 
eruptive Kind; REMITTING FEVERS, QUOTIDIAN, TERTIAN,
and QUARTAN AGUES, are equally comprehended under the 
Influence of this Medicine. In Lowness of Spirits, Female 
Complaints, Head-Aches, Bad Digestion, the Rheumatism, and 
all Disorders arising from an undue Proportion of insensible Per- 
spiration, these Drops are a Divine Remedy. 
To the PUBLIC. 
I AM sensible, that the fovereign Efficacy of ANTIMONY, in 
the Cure of FEVERS of all Kinds, is already well known; 
yet its general Tendency of violently agitating Nature in its Ope- 
ration, deters many Thousands, especially those of delicate Con- 
stitutions, from venturing to make Use of it, without the Advice 
of a Physician. To intirely remove that Violence in its Operation, 
and render it wholly medicinal, has been my constant Study and 
Attention for many Years. Nothing but my Confidence in the 
Ancients, who boldly asserted, that the greatest of all Medicines 
was obtainable from Antimony, could have supported me in 
the many tedious Processes I have gone through to obtain it. 
I thank God, I have happily succceded; and can, with the 
strictest Truth, declare, that in my Practice, for several Years, 
in Fevers in general, I have not lost one Patient.

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These Drops are so perfectly innocent and safe in their Ope- 
ration, which is only discoverable by Urine and insensible Per- 
spiration, that they will enable Nature, in her own Way, to 
overcome the Danger in a few Hours, without the least Distur- 
bance or Uneasiness to Persons of the moft delicate Constitu- 
tions. Upon these Considerations, His Majesty has been most 
graciously pleased to grant me His Royal Letters Patent, for 
preparing and vending the fame, for the Benefit of ail His 
Faithful Subjects. 
From a Medicine endued with a specific Quality of curing 
acute inflammatory Fevers, and that without offering the least 
Disturbance to Nature; what may not be expected from it, in all 
chronical Diseases, as far as the Power of Medicine can extend? 
Those in whom that indispensibly necessary and falutary 
Secretion, called insensible Perspiration, the frequent Cause of 
the most lamentable Complaints, is in any Degree supprefied, 
diminished, or disproportionate, will soon perceive and find the 
most falutary Effects from the Use of this Medicine. 
In old inveterate Coughs, particularly distresting to Persons 
advanced in Years, these Drops afford so great Relief, as far 
exceeds their most sanguine Expectations. 
The Rheumatism, nervous and rheumatic Head-Aches, Female 
Complaints, and Lowness or Depression of Spirits, whereby those 
who have weak Nerves are so greatly distressed, are soon re- 
lieved by the Use of these Drops; and they remarkably promote 
good Digestion, and restore lost Appetite. In short, there is 
no Disorder incident to human Nature in which this Medicine 
can act in any other than a Friendly Manner; and I am certain 
it wants only the Sanction of a Name, to render it one of the 
most Universal Medicines in the World. 
BY-THE-KINGS-PATENT
Sold by Mr. Kearsly, Ludgate-Street; 
by whom all Venders of this Medicine 
are supply'd; also by Mr. Woodsall,
Charing-Crofs ; Mr. Charles Parker, 
New Bond-Street; Mr. Fell, Pater- 
nofler-Row; Mr. Henry Parker, Corn-. 
hill; Mr. Gwilt, near St. Margaret's 
Hill, in the Borough; and in all the 
principal Cities and Towns in Great 
Britain, Ireland, and the Plantations. 
N. B. Proper Allowance to Venders, and to those who take 
a Quantity for charitable Purposes; also to Merchants and Cap- 
tains of Ships, who may be assured, neither Time nor Climate 
make any Alteration in this Medicine. 

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PARTICULAR DIRECTIONS 
For using Dr. Norris’s DROPS.
ACUTE INFLAMMATORY FEVERS. 
TO enumerate the various Kinds and Names given to Fevers, 
about the Nature, Causes, and Cure of which, many thou- 
sand Volumes have been written, is no Part of my present Pur- 
pose; it is sufficient for me to know, that a Fever is produced by 
an extraordinary Exertion of the Powers of Nature, to expel 
whatever has a Tendency to be destructive or noxious to the 
animal Œconomy. This Medicine, by a Specific Quality dis- 
coverable only by Experience, hath a Power of curing any 
Fever, by reconciling Nature to herself, and enabling her to 
overcome the Enemy in her own Way; and that, without the 
least Violence in Operation, or tumultuous Anxiety to the Patient, 
and, consequently, is one of the long-wished-for DESIDERATA
in Physic. 
IF a Person is young, and full of Blood, and of a strong 
Constitution, though he should have no Fever at all; before he 
uses any violent Exercise, for Fear of an Accident, he should 
lose Blood plentifully; but under any other Circumstances what- 
forever, though a Fever should be actually present, there is no 
Necessity of exhausting the Strength and Spirits of the Patient, 
by taking away Blood, under the Influence of this Medicine: 
This Observation is worthy of Attention. 
When first attacked with a Fever; take from Thirty to Forty 
Drops of them in about as much, or a little more of fair Water, 
or Tea of any Kind: As they are apt to stain where ever they 
touch, it will not be amiss to wipe the Mouth and Lips with a 
wet Cloth, after each Time of Taking. If the Patient continues 
restless and uneasy, repeat the Dose in about an Hour; if still so, 
give a Tea-spoonful; if in two Hours after, you should find no 
Remistion, and the Fever rather inclined to increase, give Two 
Tea-spoonfuls; then wait for Two or Three Hours; If no 
Remistion by this Time, and the feverish Heat and Thirst 
should continue, give a Table-spoonful, and wait two or three 
Hours. By this Time, if the Ferment is not very strong, 
you will find a Change for the better; but if it should 
otherwise happen, repeat the last Dose every Two Hours, nay 
every Hour, or oftener, till there is a Remistion of the Fever; 

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then, as gradually diminish the Dose, and let the Times of 
Taking be less frequent, till every Sympton of a Fever is va- 
nished; and even then, it will be necessary, to prevent a Re- 
lapse, to take a Tea-spoonful every four, five, or fix Hours, for 
a few Days: This is supposing the worst of a Fever, when taken 
in the Beginning; yet it is impossible to know, but from the 
Degree of the Fever, what Quantity of Drops may be necessary 
to subdue it; an Error may be committed by giving too few; 
but no Danger at all, by giving them in Plenty. I always be- 
gin with a few Drops in the Beginning of a Fever, because if it 
should be flight, a few will be sufficient to perform a Cure; and 
consequently a great Saving of Medicine: This is my con- 
stant Method of Proceeding; but if you chuse to begin with the 
largest Dose in the Beginning of a Fever, you may with Safety. 
In short, there is no more necessary in the Administration of 
these Drops, than your being present with the Disease, and, 
according to the Degree of the Disorder, give them without 
the left Hesitation. 
Baum Tea, Barley Water, very thin Gruel, Beef Tea, by 
Way of a Change, or any simple diluting Liquor, may be drank 
occasionally. Flesh and Fish of all Sorts should be avoided, 
while any Symptoms of the Fever remain. 
If you should be costive, and any Uneasiness proceeding there- 
from, let a Clister be given of Chickens Guts boiled for about 
fifteen Minutes in about a Pint and a half of Water, and 
thrown up warm; or thin Gruel with a Spoonful of sweet Oil, 
and a little common Salt; or the fresh Urine of male or female 
Children under twelve Years of Age, in good Health, will do 
very well. 
Sometimes the Stomach is so weak it can bear nothing; and 
frequently pre-disposed to throw up every Thing; under such 
Circumstances it will be prudent to give the Drops in a very 
small Quantity, from Fifteen to Twenty, increasing gradually 
till that Disposition goes off. 
If you are watchful of yourself in the Beginning of a Fever, 
and before it has got too much Power, you need not take to 
your Bed, on Account of taking the Drops, nor even to stay at 
Home if your Business should call you abroad. Carry them 
about you, and take them any where, and in such Quantity as 
you shall think necessary; and it is more than probable the 
Fever may be carried off without any Confinement at all. But 
if the Fever should be advanced to a great Height, before this 
Medicine be administered, and the Patient not only attended

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with a Feverish Heat, Head-ache, Thirst, Dryness of the 
Tongue, and great Anxiety, but perhaps light-headed, in- 
sensible, or convulsed; under these Circumstances there is no 
Time to be lost, a Table Spoonful must be given immediately, 
and repeated every Hour, or Half Hour, nay, every Quarter of 
an Hour, as the Exigency of the Case may require, till the 
Fever remits, gradually diminishing the Dose, &c. &c. as before 
directed, till the Fever is cured. For, believe me, I speak the 
Truth, with these Drops (under God) you have a Fever alto- 
gether under your Command. When you have recovered a 
little Strength, a Dose or two of Glauber's Salt will not be amiss: 
Half an Ounce is generally sufficient for a Dose. 
LOWNESS of SPIRITS, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, HEAD
ACHES, BAD DIGESTION, the RHEUMATISM, and 
INSENSIBLE PERSPIRATION SUPPRESSED. 
IN these and all other Cases, where this Medicine is taken as 
an Alterative, it is impossible to ascertain the Dose: My Way 
of administering is this; I order Thirty or Forty Drops to be 
taken twice or thrice a Day, in a little Wine, or upon a Bit of 
Sugar, for a few Days, and, according to the Effects produced in 
that Time, enlarge or diminish the Dose, and Times of Taking, 
as the Nature and Necessity of the Case require. Remember al- 
ways you run no Risque in taking the Medicine freely, if the 
Obstinacy of the Disorder should be such, as not to yield to it 
in smaller Quantities. 
A FRESH COLD.
TAKE a Tea-Spoonful in about as much fair Water in Bed; 
if it should continue troublesome, repeat it three or four 
Times a Day; it will soon carry it off; strictly observing to 
lose no Blood, under any other Circumstances than those laid 
down for an INFLAMMATORY FEVER.
OLD INVETERATE COUGHS
TAKE a Tea-spoonful upon a Bit of Sugar the first and 
the last Thing, and at any Time of the Day or Night 
that the Cough may be troublesome; if it should be so obsti- 
nate as to oblige you to take Ten Tea-spoonfuls in the Course of 
One Night, don't be afraid; it will, in the End, enable you to 
throw up that thick Phlegm with as much Ease as to spit out of 
your Mouth; and when you have once found Relief, a few of 
these Drops now and then will be suffident to support it. 

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INTERMITTING FEVERS and AGUES. 
AS Ague Fits are generally periodical, about an Hour before 
the Fit comes on, take a Table Spoonsul of the Drops 
in about as much fair Water, and another in the Fit; and 
a Tea-spoonful every Four or Six Hours, on the intermediate 
Days between the Fits. 
MILIARY FEVERS, and all these of the ERUPTIVE 
KIND. 
IN Miliary Fevers these Drops should be given in the best 
Madeira Wine; or Brandy and Water pretty strong; 
and, in such Quantity as to support a gentle, but universal 
Perspiration, which a Tea-spoonful every three or four Hours 
generally keeps up; but if more should be necessary, take them 
without Fear. All weak and watery Liquors should be avoided, 
and the strongest and most exalted white Wines should be 
drank Occasionally. In short, your Eating and Drinking
should be of the best, if your Stomach will kindly receive them. 
By a prudent Management of this Medicine, you will be raised 
from this tedious and dangerous Malady in a fourth Part of the 
Time it generally takes up in the ordinary Way. 

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SMALL-POX, and MEASLES. 
THESE Drops will do Wonders in the Small-Pox, if timely 
and prudently administered: Do not wait till the Eruptions 
appear, if possible, but as soon as you are apprised of any, or 
either of the Symptoms, which generally precede the Disease; 
such as Pains in the Head, Stomach, and Back, with a Flushing 
and Redness in the Face, attended with a feverish Heat and 
Thirst; have Recourse immediately to the Drops and consider- 
ing the Age of the Patient, and Degree of the Fever, (for there 
lies the Danger) give them accordingly. For Instance, to a 
Child in the Month, give from Fifteen to Twenty Drops in 
about half a Table Spoonful of any Kind of Tea, or fair 
Water, and repeat it every two or three Hours, nay every 
Hour, as directed in other inflammatory Cases, till the Fever is 
conquered. If it should not turn out to be the Small-Pox, 
you run no Risque by taking off the Fever; and if it should be 
the Small-Pox, you have it in your Power to manage the Fever 
as you please throughout the whole Course of the Disease, and 
Nature will kindly do the rest. By administering these Drops, 
in Quantity sufficient to take off the Fever before the Eruptions 
appear, and to keep it under when they do, answer all the Ends 
of preparing for Inoculation. But if the Eruptions should ap- 
pear before the Drops are administered, or the Fever taken 
off, you must proceed according to the Directions given 
in an inflammatory Fever at the Height. By estimating the 
Dose for a Child in the Month, your own Discretion, together 
with what has been already said, is sufficient to direct in what 
Proportion the Drops should be given from that Age up to a 
grown Person. For, as I cannot mention it too often, you 
cannot err in giving the Medicine freely, whatever you may do
by giving it sparingly. 
The MEASLES  need only a few of the Drops to keep the 
Fever under; and a little Milk-Pottage for Diet is all that is 
necessary. 
Duke Street, 
Westminfter. 
THO. NORRIS. 
N. B. Dr. Norris's Medicine for the Dropsy, which cures 
effectually by insensible Means, is sold to those who consult him, 
only at his House as above, in Bottles Five Guineas each.