A 
SHORT ESSAY 
ON THE 
VIRTUES 
OF 
Dr. NORRIS’s DROPS 
FOR 
FEVERS. 
TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 
LETTERS and CERTIFICATES 
OF MANY EXTRAORDINARY 
CURES, 
Among a great Number of others not made Public, 
INCONTESTIBLY PROVING 
Their sovereign Efficacy in FEVERS, &c. 
The fourth EDITION, with considerable ADDITIONS.
LONDON: 
Printed for the AUTHOR, and to be had at his House in Bridge-street, 
Black-Friars, or at his Laboratory in Bride-lane, (where the Drops 
are sold in Bottles at 2s. 6d. 5s. and 10s. 6d. each) and by all other 
Venders of these Drops, most of whose Names are inserted at the 
End of this Essay. 1783. 
[Price SIX-PENCE.] 

George R. 
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, 
and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to all to whom 
these presents shall come, greeting. Whereas THOMAS NORRIS, of 
Duke-street, Westminster, Chemist, hath by his petition humbly repre- 
sented unto us, that after many years study, labour, and great expence, 
he has discovered a Medicine, or Drops, for the cure of Fevers and all 
Inflammatory Disorders; that his experience of its sovereign efficacy, not 
only in the above disorders, but in many chronic cases, is indisputable, 
and its operation so mild and gentle, that it does not in the least disturb 
the animal œconomy, even of the most delicate constitutions. And as 
he apprehends the said medicine will be of general use and benefit to our 
subjects, he humbly prays us to be graciously pleased to grant him, his 
executors, administrators, and assigns, our Royal Letters Patent, under 
our Great Seal of Great-Britain, for the sole use and benefit of his dis- 
covery and invention, for the term of fourteen years. We being willing 
to give encouragement to all arts and inventions which may be for the 
public good, are graciously pleased to condescend to the petitioner’s re- 
quest. Know ye, therefore, that we, of our special grace, certain know- 
ledge, and mere motion, have granted, and by these presents do give 
and grant unto the said THOMAS NORRIS, his executors, administrators, 
and assigns, our licence, full power, and sole privilege, during the term 
of 14 years, to make, use, and vend his said invention of a Medicine 
or Drops for Fevers, as to him shall seem meet, and to have and enjoy 
the whole profit, benefit, and advantage thereof, for the said term of 
fourteen years. Witness ourself at Westminster. 
By Writ of Privy Seal, 
January 25, 1778. 
COCKS. 
MORE than 15 years extensive experience has proved the very great 
efficacy of these Drops in the cure of Fevers, and Inflammatory Dis- 
orders in general; likewise Head-aches, Lowness of Spirits, and Complaints 
in the Stomach and Bowels; and by removing Obstructions, which are 
generally the cause of bad digestion, they recover nature, and with a little 
perseverance in taking them, will restore health almost imperceptibly, 
without causing any of those violent operations, too often the effects of 
Antimonials in powders) which is well known to many Gentlemen of the 
Faculty in the first practice, as well as the great numbers who have hap- 
pily experienced the great efficacy of these Drops, and found relief even 
after all other means had been tried without success. 
Sold in bottles at 2s. 6d. 5s. and 10s. 6d. each, 
At the Doctor’s House, in Bridge-street, Black Friars, or at his 
Laboratory, in Bride-lane, London. 
Also, by the Doctor’s appointment, by Mr. Karr, at the Carolina 
Coffee-house, Birchin-lane; Mrs. Davenhill, No. 13, Cornhill; Mr. 
Kearsly, No. 46, Fleet-street; Mess. Byfield and Hawksworth, Charing- 
Cross; Mr. Burnell, No. 133, New Bond-street; Mr. Southern, St. 
James’s-street; Mr. Bew, Pater-noster-row; Mrs. Randall, and Mr. 
Houghton, under the Royal Exchange; and in all the principal cities 
and towns throughout Great-Britain; and at the Royal Exchange Cof- 
fee-house, Dublin; and in the Country, by the Venders as mentioned 
in the last page of this Essay.




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A 
SHORT ESSAY, &c. 
THOUGH there is nothing should less plead for an apology to 
the public than addressing them on what so immediately and 
importantly concerns them, the restoration and continuance of their 
health; yet in a country like this, — where the necessitous, the ignorant, 
and adventurous are every hour practicing on the constitutions of their 
fellow-creatures; — the most distant possibility of my being classed in 
this number would have prevented this address, was I not at the 
same time so conscious, from many years absolute experience in a 
variety of cases, of the superior efficacy of this medicine; that, ab- 
stracted from all other considerations, I should hold myself charge- 
able, in point of duty, to omit making it as universal as possible. 
Upon this principle, then, and the corroborating success of this 
medicine for many years, I beg leave to recommend to the Public 
These DROPS for FEVERS; 
which, upon a certainty of their composition and salutary effects, I 
pronounce a specific in the following disorders — lnflammatory Fevers, 
Putrid or Bilious Fevers, Slow Latent (commonly called) Nervous 
Fevers, and Putrid Sore Throats, &c. insomuch that, in a vast 
variety of cases, where life has been often despaired of, and under 
some of the most respectable of the faculty, there has been no one 
instance (at least that has ever come to my knowledge) when properly 
given according to the directions, of their being found ineffectual. 
And such is the singular efficacy and quality of this medicine, 
that it may be taken with equal safety in infancy or old age, by de- 
licate or robust constitutions, in small or large quantities, as the case 
may require; and so far from producing any of those violent opera- 
tions, the usual effects of Antimonial Powders, it recovers nature in 
the most friendly manner imaginable, operating without any other 
sensible difference than a degree of perspiration, &c. proportioned 
to the necessity of the disease.
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It is to be lamented, that, upon many occasions, in fevers, phy- 
sicians are obliged to wait for what they call the crisis of the disorder, 
and many days are often elapsed in this intermediate, doubtful 
state, before any thing can be pronounced in respect to an opinion 
on the patient; but this medicine is so immediate, yet innocent, in 
its effects, that it waits for no crisis or particular period; it may 
be taken in the first, middle, or latter stages of the disorder, with 
safety; in short, it wants but to meet the disease to effect a cure. 
From these positive declarations, I am not insensible what a risque 
I may be thought to run, both in respect to my own character and 
fortune; and indeed I should feel myself unworthy not only of the 
public patronage I have received, but of the common benefits of 
mankind, could I be so lost to my own honour and conscience, for 
the mere sake of interested views, thus to recommend a medicine, 
which I even remotely doubted of its success; but the repeated 
proofs I have had of its never-failing efficacy, its immediate, power- 
ful, and safe effects, all give me a consciousness of communicating 
it to the world under the most positive and certain assurances. 
These drops, besides being a specific for fevers, I have often 
known succeed in a variety of other disorders, such as bad digestion, 
nervous head-aches, latent scurvies, (the source of many evils) and 
infallibly in gouty habits, where insensible perspiration is suppressed. 
And indeed when the extent of their powers, as an universal 
deobstruent, which lead to a general strengthening and restoration 
of nature, are considered, the universality of their effects will cease 
to be wondered at. 
Having thus given a summary account of the virtues of these 
Drops, I am aware of the objections which will naturally arise from 
a comparative view of the general mode of medicinal administration, 
and that which prevails in this Essay: I am likewise aware of the 
formidable opposition which every great discovery in medicine must 
unavoidably meet with, not only from its opposition to established 
practice, but the uncharitable endeavours of interested men, who, 
under the specious pretence of its not being in common use, have 
invariably reprobated all such (however beneficial to mankind) 
as dangerous or uncertain. Though the use of these Drops would 
be a convincing answer to such insinuations; yet, as many have 
not experienced their effects; and as I would willingly obviate 
every difficulty, as well for the sake of my own reputation as the 
satisfaction of the public; I shall submit the following apology for 
my conduct. 
It is generally objected to those, who have laboured through a 
painful course of years, and have been at great expenses in the dis- 
covery and preparation of medicine, that to make a mystery for pri- 
vate emolument of what so essentially affects public benefit, is repug- 
nant to those principles of universal charity, which should actuate the 
human breast: - This, at first fight, I own seems plausible, but then 
it should be considered, that the means of throwing this into common 
use,

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use, may destroy its effects; as the excellency of a medicine depends 
not so much on the subjects from which it is taken, as the great care 
and judgment in the preparation. A common chemist, in shorten- 
ing the necessary period of preparation, dispensing with accidents, 
substituting apparently similar bodies, or by any of those various 
means, which may save his time or increase his profits, may think 
himself sufficiently justified for so doing by the usage of trade: but 
the more careful chemist, conscious that the least accident or mis- 
management is frequently sufficient to extinguish the virtues of his 
process, and having nothing so much at heart as the credit of his 
medicine, is barred by no labour, no time, no expenses, no dis- 
appointments, in bringing to perfection this his favourite object. 
Permit me then to rank myself in this last class, who, from dedi- 
cating the best part of my life to chemical processes, must necessarily 
be supposed to be well acquainted with the minutest preparation of 
medicine; and on the credit of this experience led me add, that 
what from the judgment and accuracy required, together with the 
many accidents to which it is liable, the process of my Drops can 
scarcely be compleated in the way of common business. This consi- 
deration then alone, I flatter myself, will fully justify my conduct 
to the judicious and impartial part of mankind. 
I have already been sufficiently explicit in enumerating the vir- 
tues of this medicine; I do not therefore mean to take up any more 
of the attention of the public; otherwise, than as the PRESERVATION 
and RESTORATION of health form the principal and greatest bles- 
sing of life, that they strictly examine into its merits. If it turns 
out to be productive of those benefits I have mentioned; surely I 
cannot be thought presuming to expect that a public reward should 
follow so public a benefit. If on the contrary I should be found one 
of those forward daring empyricks, who are heedless what sacrifices 
they make to their own interests; let me be branded with that infamy 
which those who endeavour to deceive mankind in such important 
matters deserve. 
And here I beg leave to request all those who have honoured me 
with their confidence, and who by experience or observation are 
vouchers of the efficacy of this medicine, to favour me with their 
names and address, that, by the permitted publication of such au- 
thority, I may be the better enabled to render as universal as possible 
so great a benefit to mankind. 
THO. NORRIS.
Bridge-street, 
Black-Friars, London. 
 




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LETTERS and CERTIFICATES 
OF 
CURES 
BY THE SOLE USE OF 
Dr. NORRIS’s DROPS for FEVERS. 
The Reader will please to observe, that, tho' some of the fol- 
lowing Cases have (from motives of delicacy in the persons 
cured) only the initial letters of their names annexed, yet Dr. 
NORRIS has permission to make them known to any particular 
persons desirous of making further enquiry. 
From the BRISTOL GAZETTE of May 14, 1778. 
To the PRINTER. 
SIR, 
AS often as I hear of any one lately dead in a fever, my question 
is, Whether Norris’s Drops were given to the diseased? The 
answer is commonly, No — No — No. And truly, Sir, in the course 
of more than seven years, not one instance hath come to my know- 
ledge, of a patient doing otherwise than well, who tried that medi- 
cine. — On the other hand, I have been witness to such examples of 
its use and benefit, in the several kinds of fever — phrenzy, low ner- 
vous, putrid, &c. as have at last extorted from me this public ac- 
knowledgment -  which cannot be deemed the effect of any partial 
bias in favour of Dr. Norris, to whom I am an utter stranger, nor 
of any selfish views of my own, being wholly disinterested; — the 
candid reader will therefore believe me, when I profess to have no 
other motive than the preservation of life and health, or in other 
words, the good of the human race. 
If it be objected, that “ there are physicians enough to take care 
of the lives and health of mankind;” — Is it not also to be deplored, 
that (especially in fevers) the physician is too often followed by the 
sexton! But, if I have seen a fellow creature, who, a little before,
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lay dissolving as it were in the flames of a burning fever, without 
any rest day or night, or dying away in the languors of the putrid 
fort — by the happy influence of this medicine, bless’d with refreshing 
sleep, or falling into a gentle perspiration, and these followed by all 
the signs of a speedy recovery; if such reiterated scenes as these, in 
my own family, as well as others, have convinced me, that not only 
every fever, but even the cause of it, must infallibly give way to 
NORRIS'S DROPS; ought I still to resist the impulses of benevolence, 
and by an ill-timed shyness of appearing in print, lose perhaps an 
opportunity of saving life? For I dare aver, from repeated proof, 
that even in cases thought to be desperate, (if the patient has the 
good fortune to be given over, while the act of swallowing remains) 
the forementioned Drops, administered according to the printed di- 
rections given with the medicine, will effect a cure; earnestly 
wishing, nevertheless, that a timely application of the medicine 
may prevent such extremities. 
Now, Sir, if the foregoing should be thought an exaggerated ac- 
count, I will readily direct any enquirer to the very persons, who 
will bear witness to their own remarkable cures, and evince more 
than is before asserted; and could also name several others of for- 
tune and abilities in this city, who will speak of this medicine in 
higher terms than I have done. Who am, Sir, 
Your obliged humble servant, 
ARTHUR SAWIER. 
Bristol, 
May 12, 1778. 
P.S. Persons supposed to be dying of the ulcerated sore throat, 
have been happily restored by the same medicine. 
To Dr. Norris, in London.
SIR,
MY Brother, Richard Fothergill, aged 20 years, was seized, 
about the middle of September last, with a violent Putrid 
Fever, when the Apothecary that attended him thought it prudent 
to recommend the best advice that could be had. Upon which one 
of the most eminent Physicians in the city was sent for, who attended 
for three or four days, in which time the Physician said he had 
little hopes of his recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Leece, of the Edin- 
burgh Coffee-house, relations of Mr. Fothergill’s, were telling 
some gentlemen in the coffee-room, who knew him, that his Phy- 
sician had little hopes of his recovery, when a gentleman in com- 
pany recommended the use of Dr. Norris’s Fever Drops, saying he 
had a sufficient proof of their safety and efficacy, in a case similar to 
this, in his own relation, who was restored, after being given over 
by her Physician, and having himself for years experienced their 
good effect. Accordingly two bottles of the Drops were sent for, 
and a proper quantity immediately given, which brought on a fine 
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sweat; and the gentleman who recommended the Drops was so 
kind as to stay with Mr. Fothergill ’till near twelve o’clock that 
night, and then left him in a fine breathing sweat, insomuch, that 
I was afraid they would have been too powerful; and I the next 
morning gave him two of the draughts prescribed by the Physician, 
which abated the sweat, and he became worse. However, I was 
again prevailed upon by the Gentleman and Mrs. Leece, to give no 
more of the Physician’s prescriptions, but continue the use of the 
Fever Drops; and at the same time agreed to send for you, when you 
said, you would not promise any thing in his favour till he had taken 
of your Drops twenty-four hours at least. We followed your direc- 
tions in administering the Drops, and in the space of 48 hours you 
pronounced him out of danger. However, to give sanction to my 
proceedings, in case of the worst, the Physician attended him, and 
prescribed regularly; and he was agreeably surprised, in the course 
of twenty-four hours after your Drops were administered, and said 
my brother was better; not knowing that any thing had been given 
but what he prescribed. But we were at length determined to rely 
on the Drops, and to give no other medicine whatever; by which, 
under God, my brother has been restored; for in eight days he was 
able to walk about the room, and in less than ten he went abroad, 
and has ever since enjoyed a perfect state of health. This, Sir, you 
have my permission to add to your catalogue of cures. 
And am, will all due respect, 
Your humble servant, 
MARY FOTHERGILL. 
Witness, ALEXANDER BARCLAY, 
Fleet-Market, Feb. 15, 1779. 
Extract of a Letter from Mr. MAYLOR, Merchant, to Dr. NORRIS.
Dear SIR, 
IT is now some years since I gave you mine and my son’s case, ex- 
pressive of the effects your Fever Drops had in the recovery of 
us both, from a violent Fever, and putrid Sore Throat; since 
which, I am happy to find them so universally approved of, and so 
well established, as to leave little, room for any thing I can say farther 
in support of their real merit. Yet, as there cannot be too many 
instances brought to view, for the advantage and satisfaction of the 
public, you have my consent to publish the enclosed narrative of the 
late recovery of my son from a dangerous Fever and Sore Throat, 
by the sole use of your inestimable Fever Drops. About ten weeks 
ago my son, between ten and eleven years of age, was taken very ill 
at an Academy a very little way from town, where he has been 
some years; such is my opinion of your Drops, I made it a point 
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with his Governor, that if at any time he should be taken ill, no 
matter what, to give him a tea-spoonful or two of your Drops, 
taking care a bottle for that purpose should be always in the house, 
and repeat it occasionally, and if that should not remove the com- 
plaint, to send for you immediately. Instead of either being done, 
an Apothecary was sent for, &c. The boy becoming worse and 
worse daily, his Governor, whose care and tenderness in all other 
respects is remarkable, called with great concern to acquaint me of 
the dangerous way he was in; fortunately you dined with me that 
day, which afforded you an opportunity of hearing all that passed, 
upon which you concluded to have him brought home immediately, 
and, though late at night, you would wait his arrival. A carriage 
and faithful woman servant were dispatched, and returned with him 
wrapped up in a blanket, just as he was taken out of bed; and 
(though contrary to the opinion of all present) you gave me some 
hope of his recovery, which was soon verified; in two days you 
pronounced him out of danger, and in a few days more he was per- 
fectly restored by your invaluable Fever Drops; which I do most 
heartily recommend as the first medicine in the world, and particu- 
larly for Fevers. 
P. MAYLOR. 
No. 33, New Broad-street, London. 
A Letter from the Rev. Mr. CHAUNCY, Rector of Ayot St. Peter, 
in Hertfordshire. 
SIR, 
I Was greatly afflicted with a weak stomach, frequent head-achs, 
a vitiated appetite, and a scorbutic habit; let it suffice to say that 
your Fever Drops, without the assistance of any other Medicine, 
under God, have restored me to a good state of health. My wife 
also, by a short continuance of them, was cured of a Nervous Fever, 
frequent head-aches, and a general loathing of food. This you have 
my permission to subjoin to your Essay, and am, 
SIR, 
Your humble servant, 
CHARLES CHAUNCY. 
To Dr. NORRIS, in London. 
A Letter from WILLIAM NORRIS, Esq. of Nonesuch, Wiltshire. 
SIR, 
AS you seem desirous of communicating to the public the obser- 
vations which have been made by those who have either taken 
themselves, or administered to others, your Drops for Fevers, I can- 
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not but think it incumbent on me, in consequence of the good effects 
I have experienced from them, both in myself and family, to transmit 
you a short account of the result. With regard to myself, my 
constitution is rather valetudinary, and has been so as long as I 
can remember. It is now about fifteen years since it was first in- 
vaded by the gout, which I think I may call hereditary, as I cannot 
accuse myself of any irregularities adequate to the severity with which 
I have been visited by this formidable enemy. 
Among many causes that combine to bring on the gout, I was al- 
ways of opinion, that an obstructed perspiration was one. To remove 
this, I was advised, when perspiration was suppressed, to take your 
Fever Drops frequently and plentifully; these, by promoting a good 
digestion, and its consequent attendant, a brisk circulation of the fluids, 
kept open my pores, which before, upon any sudden change in the air 
from heat to cold, were generally closed. 
In the fits of the gout I frequently take them in small quantities, 
and find them promote, assisted by small dilutive liquors, sensible perspi- 
ration in a high degree; and, upon any uneasy sensations in the stomach 
or bowels, during the fit, they seldom fail to remove the cause. In 
Fevers, either Putrid or Inflammatory, frequent occasions have 
offered to try their effects in a numerous family of my own; and, 
from repeated experience, I never found them sail of success, and 
that by removing the disease in a very few days. 
Thus much 1 am warranted to say in their favour, and think 
them possessed of much greater virtues than even I have described. 
I am, SIR,
Your most obedient humble servant, 
WILLIAM NORRIS. 
Bedford-Row
The following is an Extract of a Letter from the Lady of a Clergyman 
in Dorsetshire to her Friend in Salisbury, dated Sept. 3, 1779. 
THANK God we are well, but I am sorry to say the putrid 
fever is much in the parish. I had the pleasure of curing a 
boy, about eight years old, with four tea-spoonful's of Dr. Norris’s 
Drops, after they thought the child was dying; he was so far gone, 
it was with the utmost difficulty one tea-spoonful was got down his 
throat; they had such an immediate good effect, that in half an hour 
after he had taken them, they saw a great alteration for the better. 
Salisbury, Nov. 19, 1779. 
IN justice to the merits of your Drops, I beg you will make pub- 
lic, for a general benefit, the experience I have had of their 
great and good effects.
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Some years ago I was in a decline, attended with spitting of blood, 
and very alarming hectic symptoms, insomuch that my physicians, 
despairing of any medicines they could prescribe, recommended as 
the last resource my going to Bristol Hot-Wells. I drank of the 
waters regularly for several seasons, and thought for a time I re- 
ceived some benefit; but at length, under every care and attention, 
I was obliged to submit for some years to a constant Slow Fever. 
About eight years ago my physicians for the first time informed me, 
that my fever was occasioned by a bilious disorder; upon this I had 
recourse to your Drops, by which I was in no long time gradually 
restored to perfect health, which I have preserved ever since by the 
sole use of these Drops; and have administered them to my children, 
not only in fevers and feverish complaints, but in many other disor- 
ders they have been occasionally afflicted with, and I have the satis- 
faction to declare, that I have never given them without the desired 
effect. 
I am, SIR, 
Your humble servant, 
D. W.
To Dr. NORRIS, Bridge-street, 
Black-Friars, London. 
[This worthy lady, so well known in the polite circle, to avoid 
giving offence to those gentlemen of the faculty under whose care 
she has been for a series of years, desired I would dispense with the 
initial letters of her name, but, at the same time, gave me liberty 
to mention it to any particular persons, who may be desirous of 
making a farther enquiry.] 
Salisbury, April 4, 1780. 
A Gentleman of this city, of undoubted veracity, who had 
laboured for eighteen years under an hemorrhoidal bleeding, 
(which continued to increase and became very alarming) after ap- 
plying to some of the most eminent of the faculty without any relief, 
went to London, and asked Mr. Pott’s opinion, who prescribed ex- 
tirpation as the only means to save his life. His physician in the 
country advising him against this method of cure, left the first cold 
taken after it might fix a disorder on the lungs that might prove 
fatal (as he had ever been subject to disorders on the lungs, and 
which were sometimes very alarming); the patient, rather than 
undergo an operation threatening such fatal consequences, preferred 
bearing his disorder with patience and resignation the remainder of 
his days. 
About three years after this, he fortunately, by mere accident, 
met with Dr. Norris, to whom he related his case. The Doctor, 
after asking some questions, told him that his present complaint 
originated from a thin, sharp, acrimonious humour in his blood,
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which his Fever Drops would speedily correct, and recommended 
the taking them, in the quantity of two tea-spoonfuls at a time, 
increasing it gradually to three large tea-spoonfuls four times a day, 
in a wine glass of new milk, advising to continue them in this man- 
ner for six weeks, which the patient did, and (strange as it may 
appear) the bleeding, which had not ceased for nine months before, 
stopped the third day after beginning with the Drops, and returned 
no more for six months; at the expiration of which, viz. at the 
autumnal equinox, the gentleman felt himself, for a few days, 
somewhat heavy and indisposed, symptoms which proved the fore- 
runners of a small discharge; which, however, decreased till it went 
off in three days. 
He cannot but attribute his cure entirely to the Drops, (though 
the manner of their operation was imperceptible to him) and de- 
clares, that he has enjoyed a much greater share of health, strength, 
and sprits, and has been more full in flesh, and in better habit of 
body, since he has taken them, than he had experienced during the 
course of the eighteen preceding years. 
The gentleman always observed that his disorder was exceedingly 
aggravated by the use of acids; the juice of a Seville orange repeated 
only two days, increased his disorder exceedingly; cyder, punch, 
thin wines, with acids of every kind, were all strictly prohibited by 
Dr. Norris; even cheese-whey, (by thinning the blood too much) 
though drank only five successive mornings in the month of May, 
became equally prejudicial. 
His love to mankind only impels him to publish his case, supposing 
that many may now be in the same disagreeable situation, sunk in 
despair from an apprehension that no relief can be obtained but by 
an operation probably more to be dreaded in its consequences than 
the disease itself; but which relief (blessed be God) may, with the 
fullest confidence, be expected from Dr. Norris’s invaluable Fever 
Drops. 
It is now between three and four years since this cure has been 
performed, and during that time he has not had any return of the 
disorder for which he took the Drops; and what makes the cure a 
double blessing to him is, that he has had no complaint on his 
lungs ever since that period. 
The above gentleman has administered these Drops to many poor 
people in his neighbourhood, which has given him an opportunity 
of remarking, that when taken in milk, they prove a gentle and 
efficacious alterative, and an excellent purifier of the blood, as well 
as a powerful cleanser of purulent matter from the lungs, and may 
be taken as such at all times of the year, without any danger of taking 
cold; he having proved that no greater care is required during the 
use of the Drops (when taken as an alternative) than common pru- 
dence demands at all times from getting cold; and nothing can be 
more innocent, as they give no kind of inconvenience, if proper 
precautions are taken to avoid all acids during the use of them. 
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N. B. This gentleman, though he does not consent to have his 
name published, may be referred to by applying at the Printing- 
Office, in Salisbury, or Dr. Norris, in London. 
From the BRISTOL GAZETTE of August 20, 1778. 
To the PRINTER. 
He robs his neighbour who relieves him not. Juv. 
SIR, 
WHEN I made bold some time ago to send you a few lines for 
your paper, (which I have the unexpected pleasure to see 
repeated in several other news-papers) in recommendation of the 
greatest medical blessing the world ever received, it was done with a 
sole view to the preservation of life, and the relief or prevention of 
those miseries that so often attend fevers in the usual method of 
treatment. A news-paper is read by multitudes of every class, and 
may find its way into those hands where a book of attested cures may 
never come, and therefore appeared the most likely channel to con- 
vey the benefit intended. The end is not altogether unanswered, 
occasions of illness are but too frequent — the unprejudiced have be- 
lieved our report, and tried the medicine — to try it fairly and to suc- 
ceed are inseparable; and accordingly several have been lately added 
to the cloud of witnesses that have made Norris’s Fever Drops 
famous in London and elsewhere. — But now so it is, that some are 
displeased with my sincere endeavours: those who know no other 
spring of action but felt, insinuate that I am interested in the profits 
of the medicine; this I can safely disavow in the most plenary and 
solemn manner. Others who dread nothing more than the reputa- 
tion of a medicine which may be taken without pomp or parade, 
affect to doubt the truth of what is asserted; but this will be readily 
proved by all the evidence that things of the kind are capable of. A 
third sort allow me, indeed, the credit of a good intention, but wish 
"I had let alone matters of health, and minded my own business." To 
these the sentence of a heathen writer, above quoted, may be a full 
answer, as it sets in the very worst light the character of him who 
knows what will save his neighbour’s life, but does not reveal it. 
Others again are at a loss to know how a person not regularly bred 
to physic should come to know any thing about the cure of fevers, 
&c. For the satisfaction of such, my introduction was as follows: 
At a time when I had not so much as heard that the medicine was 
extant, the printed directions for using Dr. Norris’s Fever Drops, 
by mere accident, fell into my hands; it happened at the same time 
that a young person of my acquaintance lay dangerously ill of a pu- 
trid fever. Going the same evening to see my friend, I found the 
family much alarmed at an intimation from the Doctor who at- 
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tended, that it would be proper to call in further assistance, for 
that he was apprehensive of a change for the worse. The urine, 
which had been reserved every day for his inspection, was hitherto 
without sediment, and every symptom had an unpromising aspect. 
By the look of the eyes, total absence of rest, extreme dejection, 
and low pulse of the patient, it was apparent even to me, who 
know no more of physic than is implied in common sense and ob- 
servation, that no time was to be lost; and therefore taking the 
aforementioned paper of directions out of my pocket, I earnestly re- 
quested that Norris’s Medicine might be tried — my entreaties pre- 
vailed, and several bottles were instantly sent for, that there might 
be no want in the night. — The Drops were given freely, and with 
the most happy success, for in an hour’s time the pulse and spirits 
were considerably raised; this was followed by a kind propensity 
to sleep, and the abatement of a violent pain in the back part of 
the head and neck; the patient slept five or six hours that night, 
having had no rest for the six nights preceding. — And in the morn- 
ing the face of things was so changed, that the same gentleman 
(not knowing what had been done) exclaimed with admiration at 
such an amendment in so short a time, protesting that if the pre- 
sent symptoms continued, he thought the patient out of danger. -
By the sole use of these Drops entire health returned apace, and 
strength followed by degrees. — Such a convincing proof of the 
goodness of the medicine could not but engage me to recommend 
it occasionally wherever I had any influence; and in all such in- 
stances, in what kind of fever soever, a speedy and effectual cure 
has always been obtained by these Drops, without the least uneasi- 
ness in the operation. From which, together with the concurring 
testimony of others, I conclude that Norris’s Fever Medicine is as 
infallible in the cure of fevers, as water is in the quenching of fire. 
Pardon the length of this letter from, SIR, 
Your most humble servant, 
Bristol, August 10, 1778. 
ARTHUR SAWIER. 
P.S. It is constantly found, that if these Drops are taken soon 
after the shivering fit, so often preceding a fever, it will never rise 
to any considerable height, but go off by perspiration, &c. 
SIR, 
I Was sorely afflicted with a lingering Fever, occasioned by a cold, 
which brought on a loss of appetite and weakness of stomach, 
that would suffer very little nourishment to stay on it. After more 
than six months illness, my physicians* having so far given me over 
as to discontinue their prescriptions, thinking every possible means 
had been tried, at last consented that your Drops should be adminis- 
tered: the first dose gave manifest signs of amendment, and in a 
short
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short continuance of them I was restored from the brink of the 
grave to perfect health. It is now upwards of five years since I 
experienced their happy effects; since which I have not only recom- 
mended, but administered them to many in fevers, and do declare, 
I never found them to fail in a single instance. This you have my 
permission to make public for the benefit of mankind. 
I am, SIR, 
Lambeth Palace. 
Your very humble servant,
GEORGE TEGETMEYER. 
To Dr. Norris, in London. 
JOHN WHITE, servant to Mr. TEGETMEYER. 
NOtwithstanding this man was delirious, and had every dan- 
gerous symptom that could possibly attend an acute inflam- 
matory Fever; upon taking these Drops, a gentle perspiration en- 
sued, and a very copious sweat soon followed, which carried off 
his Fever in a few hours; and in a few days he was able to go 
about his business. 
Letter from GEORGE DOWNING, Esq. 
SIR,
I Have read your Treatise on your Drops for Fevers, and having 
experienced their good effects, in a variety of instances in my 
family for above six years, I consider it as a duty to add to your ca- 
talogue my testimony of their safety and efficacy; of which, to par- 
ticularize no other, there cannot be a stronger proof than the fol- 
lowing case: 
A daughter of mine, sixteen years of age, of a delicate consti- 
tution, was last autumn seized with a Putrid Fever and Sore Throat; 
so rapid was the disease in its progress, that she was near a dissolu- 
tion before your Drops were administered. We gave them in large 
doses, and very freely, by which the danger was presently over- 
come, and my daughter soon perfectly restored to health. You 
have my permission to subjoin this to your Essay, 
Brompton.
And am, SIR, 
Your most humble servant,
GEORGE DOWNING.
To Dr. NORRIS, in London, 
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To the Printer of the SALISBURY JOURNAL. 
SIR, 
FOR the benefit of others who may be afflicted with the like 
complaints, I am persuaded to Send you the particulars of my 
long illness, and how surprisingly I have been recovered by taking 
Dr. Norris’s Drops, which you may send to the Doctor, or make 
public, as you think proper. 
About three years ago I took a violent cold, which, after trying 
various means to get rid of to no purpose, at length fixed in my 
side, and was attended with a very bad cough, loss of appetite, and 
continual fever, and at times dreadful cold chills, and so great was 
the pain in my side every time the fit of coughing came on, when I 
generally brought up a quantity of offensive matter, that I thought 
I should have died; and thus I lingered on till I was so weak and 
emaciated, that ’twas thought, as well by my wife and neighbours, 
as myself, that I could not possibly hold it long. In this situation 
I crawled out to my door, about the middle of April last, for a little 
air, when a gentleman happening to ride by, and observing how 
extremely ill I looked, stopped and asked me what was my disorder, 
which I told him. He expressed a concern for me, and said, Take 
a good heart, and I may possibly be able to restore you , —and the 
next day was so kind as to bring me a bottle of Dr. Norris’s Drops 
for Fevers, charging me to take them as mentioned in the direc- 
tions, which I accordingly did; they soon brought on a moderate 
breathing sweat, and in a few hours I happily found relief, and by 
continuing them about a week, my complaints were greatly abated, 
and I found myself free from pain, daily growing better, my 
strength and appetite returning, and am now, in about a month, 
by the blessing of God, and taking those inestimable Drops, (to 
the great surprise of all who knew how extremely bad I was) got 
perfectly well, and enjoy a better state of health than I have done 
for many years before; and am able, thank God, to return to my 
work, and provide for my wife and children, for whom I was in 
the greatest concern before I began taking these Drops, to think 
what would become of them after my death, which I almost daily 
expected would happen. 
Bemerton, May 21, 1779. 
I am, Sir, your humble servant, 
JONATHAN SPRATT, jun. 
Witnesses to the above Cure.
James Hawes, Rector, 
John Page, Churchwarden, 
George Page, Overseer. 
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To Dr. NORRIS, New Bridge-street, Black Friars, London. 
Gillingham, Dorset, Oct. 23, 1779. 
SIR,
HEARING lately, with much concern, of many persons dying 
in different parts, of putrid Fevers and Sore Throats, I 
thought it my duty, as I am perfectly satisfied of the truth of the 
following cases, to send them you, for the benefit of others labour- 
ing under the like fatal disorders, to add to the collection in your 
Essay of the many surprising cures done by your Fever Drops, or 
to publish them in any other manner, as you shall think proper. 
I am, SIR, 
Your humble servant, 
W.T. 
MARTHA SANGER, a widow woman, at Gillingham, in 
Dorsetshire, was, about two months since, taken so very ill of a 
Sore Throat and Fever, that she could not swallow the smallest drop 
of liquid; Norris’s Drops were given, but for a long time they 
were forced back out of the mouth, or through the nose; at length, 
however, a passage being gained, she swallowed, and by perseve- 
rance in taking them, she in a few days recovered. 
A servant of the clergyman of the parish, who visited her in the 
fever, catched it of her, and was attended by the Apothecary, who 
forbad her taking the Drops, but in about seven or eight days 
she died of the Fever and Sore Throat. 
Another servant, who likewise caught the same Fever of the 
girl who died, took the Drops, and no other medicine, and soon 
recovered. 
About a week after, the widow, Martha Sanger, having taken 
cold, by going out too much, was taken ill a second time of the 
Fever and Sore Throat, and was very near expiring. The person 
who had given her the Drops before with so much success, hearing 
how ill she was, sent a servant at midnight to her with the Drops, 
who found her teeth lock’d together, having been speechless for se- 
veral hours, and ’twas thought by the servant and all about her, 
that she could not live an hour; however, the servant forced open 
her mouth with a spoon, and got some of the Drops into her, and 
in a few hours she seemed something better, and by continuing to 
give the Drops regularly, she again gradually recovered; though 
as she could take in but a small quantity of the Drops for the three 
first days, during that time she was totally insensible, and speechless 
for a whole week; but when she began to swallow the Drops 
freely, her recovery was surprisingly quick. 
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The foregoing is a true state of my case; witness my hand the 
23d of October, 1779. 
MARTHA † SANGER.
Witness, 
JOHN INGS, in Gillingham.
P.S. Many other persons in the neighbourhood have been cured 
of the same kind of Fevers and Sore Throats by taking the Drops, 
without any other medicine. 
To Dr. NORRIS, in London, 
Dear SIR, 
YOUR favourable reception of my former letter induces me 
to trouble you with the present; wherein I shall recite, in 
the order they occurred, some of the late successes of your excellent 
Fever Drops. 
One of our Night Constables having been strapped down in his 
bed for several days, delirious and frantic, in a violent Fever, his 
wife was persuaded to try your medicine; the effect was, a fine 
breathing sweat, which turned the disorder, so that he thencefor- 
ward grew better, till quite recovered. The wife told me, that 
she “ believed Norris’s Drops had saved her husband’s life.” 
The child of Mr. Edkins, (a painter in St. James’s Church-yard) 
a boy about four years old, being given over in a spotted fever, sup- 
posed to be dying, and pronounced incapable of living thro’ the night, 
an acquaintance of mine advised the father to try your medicine: 
The Doctor’s consent being asked, he told them, “ all things were 
alike, for that nothing could either hurt the child or do him good.” 
The poor little creature was now emaciated to a skeleton, and as he 
lay motionless and gasping, a tea-spoonful of half-and-half Drops 
and Port wine was poured into his mouth, part of which returned 
through the nose, for he was almost past swallowing; but the next 
attempt was more successful; the greater part went down, and 
brought on some little agitation; the third dose made a visible 
change for the better, and (as the mother expressed it) the child 
began to look not so deathly. In short, Sir, next day the child was 
able to take sustenance, and from that time mended apace, ’till 
quite recovered. 
A boy about nine years old, in a fever, at a boarding-school, 
growing worse and worse, without one good symptom about him, 
the master grew very uneasy: It was now about the eighth day of 
the disorder, when he seemed stupid, and the Doctor had said, “ it 
would be some time before he was well, if he recovered.” The 
Drops were now secretly given in plenty, and every thing else laid 
aside. The next visit, the Doctor liked the symptoms better, and 
exclaimed, “ Hah! this is what I wanted, now we begin to gain
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ground, &c.” I will only tell you that the lad recovered in a short 
time, to the great joy of his father, master, &c. 
My son told me of a carpenter in the neighbourhood, who com- 
plained of terrible pains from his breast through to his back. A 
large family depended on his daily labour. We gave him the Drops 
in Port wine (as he was excessive low); in the morning he found 
himself quite easy, and was getting up in the bed to thank me, if 
I had not prevented, and charged him not to check the sweat that 
had been so much his friend. 
Next in course I am to thank you, Sir, under Providence, for 
my own life. Having been playing in my shirt, on a cold morning, 
with my little ones, in a room adjoining to my bed-chamber, I 
was waked in the ensuing night with a pain in the side of my belly, 
not so acute as that of the pleurisy, but a dead sort of pain that 
seemed like stoppage; I felt also such a depression upon the urinary 
passage as made me seem to want relief that way more than twenty 
times in an hour. About day-light I got up, to try the success of 
an upright posture. My distress increased very fast, and the warm 
liquids that were given me, returned in a few seconds, for nothing 
would yet remain in my stomach; they gave me castor-oil, but it 
came up in a moment; and now I grew so deplorably bad, that my 
life seemed to be in danger. An universal cold sweat, accompanied 
by faintness, was followed by a benumbing cold, that seized my 
hands and feet, (although in a warm parlour) and was approaching 
to my knees, when they trembled under me, and I was no longer 
supportable by those who held me, but desired to return to my bed. 
All positions were alike intolerable, and I began to think of a disso- 
lution. In this extremity, my son (late your happy patient in Lon- 
don) came to the bedside, and asked me what I thought of the Fever 
Drops; now I had no feverish symptoms that I knew of, and in my 
consternation had forgot the madness of yesterday, and therefore 
answered that I could not look upon my case as coming within the 
prescription of that medicine; but he replied, that if a cold was the 
cause, the Drops might be a cure. He then poured half a wine 
glass of Drops, and filled it with Port wine; I drank it immediately, 
and (my stomach being otherwise empty) could sensibly feel it per- 
vade the passages to the part affected in my bowels; and now a genial 
warmth soon began to take place of that coldness in my limbs, and 
in half an hour I was in a moderate sweat, being able to lie quiet 
for about two hours, when my sweat abating, I raised the perspi- 
ration by taking another dose as before, and so continued repeating 
my glass, at times, ’till I found myself perfectly well at ease, for 
about 36 hours; and in less than a week went abroad as well as 
ever. I ought to have mentioned, that after taking the Drops, 
instead of the depression above-mentioned, a very free diuretic dis- 
charge followed in a few hours, without the least uneasiness. 
Next follows a case that I can hardly think to have been exceeded 
since the invention of your noble medicine, and which, even though 
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(as I feared) it had not been finally successful, must have reflected 
no little reputation thereon, for having repeatedly put off the stroke, 
and revived the patient in the very hour of death. But as the pa- 
tient is now quite out of danger, I must congratulate you, Sir, on 
such a signal cure, as may deserve a place among your greatest 
atchievements in the art of healing. 
A poor industrious woman, the unhappy wife of a wretch who is 
gone a privateering, caught the spotted fever, by adventuring to 
assist a house full of sick, which every one else had abandoned. She 
was herself an invalid at the time, never having been her own 
woman, as she said, since (two years ago) she underwent a course of 
mercurials for a bad distemper received from her husband, which had 
left her subject to pains in the bowels and limbs, with a complication 
of disorders; in this state she received the infection, the putrescent 
symptoms were accordingly very rapid; but what increased the dan- 
ger and misery of this poor woman, cathartic medicines had been 
given her, which had brought on a black flux; and now the Doctor 
was so certain of her death, that he cautioned those about her, not 
to let the body remain long unburied, &c. And thus the patient 
lay in a close-ground apartment, very ill attended, and under 
every disadvantageous circumstance; when a well-disposed person, 
who had already sent her two small bottles of your Fever Drops, 
wished me to call and see her, as a person lying ill simply of a fever, 
which I did; but when those about her had told me the particulars 
above-mentioned, I despaired of her recovery. She was, however, 
still able to swallow, and therefore having furnished a supply of 
Drops, and altered the vehicle to Port wine, (for the first had been 
ignorantly given in tea) I left orders for the night, pursuant to the 
printed directions. The next day produced very little alteration, 
except (as we thought) some amendment in the pulse, which had 
been very tremulous and obscure; but at eleven the succeeding 
night, we were shocked with an account that the woman was dying. 
I now wished from my soul we had never meddled with such impos- 
sibilities, and would have given up the point; but my son (being 
encouraged by his own experience in nearly a similar extremity) 
proposed giving the Drops unmixed. I commended his firmness, 
and by one means or other we got the dying patient to drink a wine 
glass of the Drops alone. She was so sensible of benefit from this 
effort, that about an hour after, finding herself grow faint again, she 
took another glass of pure Drops; and now her hands and feet 
became warmer, her pulse much better, and thus we left her for 
the night, with proper orders to those who sat up. The patient 
was supported with good cognac toddy, &c. and in the morning we 
found a tolerable pulse kept up. We ordinarily gave the Drops in 
Port; and now began a continued conflict, as it were, between 
death and the medicine, each alternately gaining ground. The spots 
were out in abundance, and the flux continued; the patient had not 
the least retention from the first, and lay in a deplorable condition;
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at several other times she seemed to be dying, and even had what is 
called the death rattles upon her more than once; but when these 
ghastly symptoms appeared, the Drops were our sheet anchor, and 
manifestly saved her life, at three or four several times. In some 
three or four days the flux stopped, and at the same time the patient 
found herself better. Soon after this we got her shifted into a good 
wholesome bed, but after all were afraid it was but for her to die 
upon. Persisting however in our course, watching the symptoms, 
especially the pulse and degrees of heat, according to the directions, 
and after taking more than eight five shilling bottles of Drops, the 
disorder seemed to be got under. This has been the most obstinate 
case we have met with, and indeed there seems to have been the 
most imminent danger of a total mortification; for when at the worst, 
the general complexion of the patient began to assume a livid cast, 
she was convulsed, and her hands for twenty-four hours were half 
clenched, after the manner of claws, as though never to be unbent 
again. The poor woman repeatedly charged her expected death to 
those medicines that brought on the flux; but now both herself, 
and all who knew her, ascribe, with astonishment, her recovery to 
your Fever Medicine, as the only thing in the world, under God, 
that could have saved her. 
In the course of my family’s attendance upon the above woman, 
my son Henry sickened in a Fever, which soon became violent; but 
by a timely application of the Drops, the disorder was thrown off 
in a few days by a great rash that relieved him, so that he was not 
confined above a week. 
My wife also complained of a Sore Throat in the morning. I 
wished her to take the Drops instantly, but she delayed it ’till 
evening, when the disorder increased so fast, that before bed-time 
she was speechless, and the ulceration very considerable; thus being 
threatened with suffocation, she readily took the Drops, and even 
made signs to have them brought her frequently during the night 
by those who watched with her; in the morning following she spoke 
articulately, and in a day or two she was quite cured both of the 
Sore Throat, and the Fever that attended it. 
About the same time a servant came to me, late at night, ac- 
quainting me that his master was taken violently ill; it was a mile 
distant, but I immediately returned with the servant, and found my 
friend in bed, rolling from side to side in great agony, groaning, or 
rather roaring with extreme pain in his bowels. He had repeatedly 
taken Bostock’s cordial without any effect. Upon enquiry I found 
that a deplorable stomach sickness accompanied his other complaints; 
and now I brought him a good wine glass of more than half Drops, 
filled with Port wine, assuring him of instant relief; he drank it, 
and the event instantly made my words good; his head was no 
sooner on the pillow, but he fell asleep, and a sweat coming on, 
his nap continued two hours; then waking a little restless, a glass of
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Fever Drops and Port wine, as before, gave him a good remainder 
of the night, and next day he was quite easy and cheerful. 
I beg pardon for troubling you with this very long epistle, though 
on a subject that I make no doubt mankind in general will sooner or 
later be greatly benefited by; therefore hope you will excuse it, and 
am, wishing you many happy returns of the approaching season. 
SIR, 
Your most obedient humble servant,
ARTHUR SAWIER. 
Briftol, Dec. 12, 1778.
To Dr. NORRIS, Bridge-street, Black-Friars, London. 
Winchester, March 7, 1780. 
SIR,
I Enclosle you a Case of Mr. Cooper, Steward to the Earl of 
Clanricarde, at Belmont, near this city, in order, if you think 
proper, to publish it, as another proof of the great efficacy of your 
Drops. 
To Dr. NORRIS. 
AFTER labouring under a complication of disorders for three 
months, attended with a lowness of spirits, and loss of appe- 
tite, which had baffled the efforts of various prescriptions by the 
faculty, and finding no relief, I began to give up all thoughts of ever 
being well, till I was recommended to your most excellent Drops, 
which I had heard such a great character of, and therefore was de- 
termined to try them, and accordingly took three bottles, pursuant 
to the directions, and in a few days I found myself much better, and 
have been getting strength ever since; and upon the whole, by the 
blessing of God, and the virtues of these Drops, I can pronounce 
myself perfectly recovered of my disorder; and therefore I think it 
my duty to make it public, for the benefit of others. 
Belmont, near Winchester,  
March 4, 1780. 
J. COOPER, 
At the Earl of Clanricarde's. 
Mr. Cooper dined with me a few days ago, when he declared he 
owed his life to them. 
I shall soon send you other instances of the salutary effects of your 
invaluable medicine; and am, Sir, 
Your humble servant, 
J. WILKES. 
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To the Printer of the SALISBURY JOURNAL. 
SIR, 
AS I owe my life and health, under God, to Dr. Norris’s 
Drops, as numbers of others, I hear, have done the same, you 
may, if you think proper, print my case, which was as follows: 
About Michaelmas last I was seized with a violent cold chill, and 
soon after with a very bad fever and sore throat, and continued to 
grow worse for three days, when my wife thinking me in great dan- 
ger, gave me Dr. Norris’s Drops, (which we heard so much talk of) 
a spoonful at a time every four hours, for a day and a night, with 
which I found myself so greatly relieved, that I thought it unne- 
cessary to take any more, and left them off; but the next night 
(whether it was owing to my having taken a fresh cold, or what 
else, I cannot say) the fever came on again worse than before, and 
I was so exceeding bad, that my wife and all who saw me thought I 
could not possibly live ’till the morning, and were sorry I had dis- 
continued to take the Drops; but to make amends for it, and to 
try to the utmost what could be done, as while there is life there is 
hopes, she gave me a double quantity, two table spoonfuls at once, 
which again brought on a great sweat, and almost immediately 
after I found myself better, and by continuing to take the Drops in 
smaller quantities, for a day and a night afterwards, the fever was 
quite cured, the swelling in my throat broke and was well, and from 
that time I recovered, and got well beyond all expectation, and in 
a week’s time, though weak, was able to walk about, and do busi- 
ness, to the surprise of every body who had heard of the extreme 
danger I was in, and am now, thank God, as well, and in as good 
a state of health as I have been for many years — now in my 68th.
Your humble servant, 
JOHN BATCHELOR. 
Bramshaw, near Romsey,   
Hants, Dec. 7, 1779.  
*** My daughter, a girl about 13, was taken very bad of the 
same disorders, and happily cured by these Drops. 
The Case of ELIZABETH, the Wife of WILLIAM AWBURY.
ON Tuesday the 19th of October I was seized with pains in all 
my limbs, attended with cold chills, and soon after a fever 
and sore throat, for which I took several things that were recom- 
mended as good for these complaints, but I still grew worse, and on 
Friday my throat was so swelled and inflamed, that I could not 
speak to be understood, nor could I swallow the least drop of any 
thing that was given me but with great pain and difficulty. In this
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miserable situation, full of pain, and without rest night or day, I 
was persuaded to take Dr. Norris’s Drops; and accordingly a table 
spoonful, with as much water, was given me, but to very little pur- 
pose, as I could scarce get down a drop of it; however, in about a 
quarter of an hour after, as my life was in danger, a second attempt 
was made with the like quantity, which, with some pain and diffi- 
culty, I happily got down, and by continuing to take them every 
half hour, ’till a sweat came on, which was in about two hours 
time, I found myself greatly relieved, but continued coughing and 
throwing up such a quantity of thick phlegm and slough all that 
night as was astonishing, and in consequence I was the next day out 
of danger, and could take some nourishment, which I had not done 
of any kind for several days before, and in a few days after I was able 
to get up and do some little work, and in seven days from the first 
taking the Drops, I was perfectly cured, and have been, thank 
God, in good health ever since. 
ELIZ. AWBURY. 
Fisherton Anger, near Salisbury, 
Dec. 10, 1779. 
The Case of ELIZABETH DAVIDGE, late Servant to Mrs. EDWARDS, 
of Chalcot House, near Westbury, Wilts, and now to Mrs. CLIFTON, 
in St. Ann’s-street, Salisbury. 
IN the course of the summer 1778, from frequent and repeated 
heats and colds, I got into a bad state of health, attended with 
cold chills, a fever, night sweats, and a constant cough, which 
brought on such a disorder upon my lungs, that before Christmas 
I began to spit blood, and my legs swelled and pitted. In this 
situation I had recourse to an able apothecary, who did me great 
service, but my cough still continued, though not so bad, ’till the 
May following, when it returned more violent than ever, attended 
with a fixed pain in my side, and such a tightness across my breast, 
that I breathed with difficulty. My pains and other bad symptoms 
increasing every day, brought an imposthume on my lungs, and I 
threw up, in the beginning of November, a large quantity of very 
offensive yellow matter, followed with blood;  this did not remove 
my pains, and I grew worse, my sleep and appetite failed me, I 
had a continual hard cough, with which I brought up yellow 
phlegm streaked with blood; and, in short, such was my unhappy 
situation, that my life became a burthen to me, and I went to Sa- 
lisbury for relief, where a gentleman, who had been many years in 
the practice of physic, on seeing me, and being informed of the 
particulars of my case, declared it an ulcer on my lungs, and in his 
opinion incurable; and farther, that he never knew one in my dis- 
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experienced their virtues in disorders of the lungs, to try Dr. 
Norris’s Drops, which I did immediately, and in the first night of 
taking them, however incredible it may seem, I lost the pain in my 
side, and my cough was much easier, and in three or four nights 
more my appetite and sleep were almost wholly restored, my spit- 
ting was free from blood, and considerably lessened; and in ten 
days time I was, to my great astonishment, and of all who saw 
me, cured with three half-crown bottles. Other disorders inci- 
dent to the sex, which had afflicted me during my whole illness, 
were happily removed at the same time. 
ELIZABETH DAVIDGE, 
Salisbury, Feb. 21, 1780. 
The Case HENRY WATERMAN, at Burford, near Salisbury. 
IN November last I was taken very ill with cold chills, followed 
by a fever, sore throat, and purging, attended with a shortness 
of breath, and a great pain in my stomach, with which I was in a 
few days rendered so exceedingly weak and bad, that I was incapable 
of helping myself, and continuing to grow worse, ’twas thought by 
those about me if I had not some speedy relief, I could not possibly 
recover, as my eye-fight began to sail me, and I became delirious; 
which Mr. Jervoise, (for whom I have had the honour of working 
for some years) being informed of, very kindly sent me a 5s. bottle 
of Dr. Norris’s Drops, and desired they might be given me in- 
stantly, which was accordingly done, a table spoonful the first 
dose, and in an hour after another, which in about ten minutes 
gave me surprising relief, and by continuing to take them for four 
days only, I was so recovered as to be able to sit up and help my- 
self, my appetite was returned, and I got better every day, and by 
the blessing of God, and the assistance of these Drops, I was soon 
quite recovered, and enabled to follow my business as usual, with- 
out any relapse, which I make public for the benefit of others, 
who may be in the like dangerous situation. 
Burford, Dec. 6, 1779. H. WATERMAN. 
HENRY WENTWORTH, of the Same parish, being much afflicted 
with rheumatic pains, which frequently Seized his head to a violent 
degree, was happily relieved by Dr. Norris’s Drops, of which he 
took 50 in the morning fasting, the same at noon, and at going to 
bed, on a knob of sugar, and followed his business of gardening at 
the same time as usual, and was soon cured, and is now in good 
health. — Dec. 6, 1779. 
D ANN




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ANN BUNGEY, daughter of William Bungey, of Odstock, 
about eighteen years of age, was, about three weeks ago, 
violently seized with the present reigning distemper, viz. cold chills 
and fever, and during three days and nights every one about her 
thought her very near dying, and by intervals imagined she was 
really dead, as she laid entirely motionless, and in all appearance 
without life; but by applying, with a feather, a little vinegar and 
honey to her throat, so as to enable her to swallow a tea-spoonful of 
Norris’s Drops, and to repeat it every hour, (for she was not able 
to swallow a large spoonful) and when she had taken the second tea- 
spoonful, she was able to ask for and desired some more, for that it 
comforted her inwardly; and by her continuing to take the said 
Drops often in small quantities, she soon (in a very few days) found 
the happy effects of them, and now enjoys the blessing of good health 
again, and is enabled to perform her business (as servant in a farm- 
house) as well as ever. 
The Mark of X WILLIAM BUNGEY. 
Witness, EDWARD MOODY, 
Odstock, Feb. 3, 1780. 
To Dr. NORRIS, Bridge-street, Black-Friars, London. 
SIR, 
SINCE I sent you an account of the rapid sale of your Drops, the 
same person came again for a fresh parcel for his father, who 
was ill of a fever; when I desired he would give me a Certificate of 
his sister’s cure; which he did, and is as follows : 
ELIZABETH LOVE, of Hambleton on the Hill, in the 
county of Rutland, was cured, by the use of Dr. Norris’s excellent 
Drops, of a very bad Fever, after being given over by the faculty as 
incurable; after which, by venturing abroad too early, she was seized 
with a bad cold, and a second time relieved by the said Drops. 
Four more of the same family were also cured of Fevers, by the use 
of Dr. Norris’s inestimable Drops.
J. R. JACOB,
Peterbro', Feb. 28, 1780. 
Witness, THOMAS LOVE
P.S. From general character, and these family cures, you cannot 
say too much in favour of these Drops.
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To Dr. NORRIS, in London.
Bristol, June 17, 1779. 
Dear SIR, 
I HAD this day the very great pleasure of a letter from you; am 
glad you think me entitled to an apology, because it seems to re- 
lieve me from an apprehension I had of being culpable on the same 
account, namely neglect. The truth is, I believe never a day 
passes but you are in my thoughts more than once, and indeed no 
wonder, since I cannot look upon my dearest relations, without a 
memento, that I owe providentially to you, Sir, their very existence 
in the land of the living; but this is not all: by your late gift I 
have been enabled, in my poor measure, to write after your copy, 
and do some good in the world. Man, woman, and child, salute 
me almost wherever I go with a smile (and sometimes a tear) of 
joy and gratitude. My patients (if I may call them mine) have 
been mostly of the indigent class, so that I have been enabled to 
do in this neighbourhood, (what you yourself so often do) distri- 
bute, under Providence, health and happiness, by the fruit of your 
labours, to such as are unable to pay for it. But, Sir, these good 
effects among the poorer sort often extend their influence among 
the rich, who are more and more convinced that your Fever Medi- 
cine, if faithfully administered, never did, and never will fail. 
But there have lately come under my notice several cases, not so 
directly to be called fevers, and yet some degree of fever has at- 
tended them; as these disorders were of an obstinate and danger- 
ous kind, it gave me a particular pleasure to see them all most hap- 
pily and expeditiously cured by the Fever Drops. — Passing along the 
street, I observed a little boy suddenly quit his play-mates, holding 
his sides in apparent extremity of pain; he could not answer me 
when I asked if he had received a blow, but getting homeward as 
well as he could, I followed him, and learned from his mother, 
that the poor little fellow had laboured under a terrible disorder in 
his bowels for more than two years; that night and day they were 
alarmed with his cries, that he was never secure of an hour’s quiet, 
but surprised in his sleep, and at his play, (as I had seen him just 
before) and his complaint always in his belly. Every answer the 
woman gave me tended to prove the disorder to be what is called 
bilious, so that I assured her of an effectual cure by the Fever 
Drops. Three half-crown bottles cured him, in about ten days 
or a fortnight, to the great joy of his parents, and wonder of the 
neighbourhood, and it is now more than six weeks since he has 
been totally free from pain; he plays and enjoys himself like other 
boys, looks healthy and merry, instead of sickly as before, and does 
not appear like the same child. 
A middle-aged woman, of a weakly constitution, was waked in 
the night by a violent pain in her bowels, which increased to such a 
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degree as seemingly to threaten her life; she had taken many things 
without effect, and indeed nothing would remain in her stomach, 
’till the Fever Drops were given, after which she soon found relief, 
the fits presently became less frequent and less violent, in two days 
she was quite easy, and in less than a week entirely well, and now 
better than she has been for several years past. 
A Man, above fifty years of age, who is well known to many 
people of condition in this city, fell into an ill state of health in 
general, loss of appetite, spirits, complexion, and strength; he ap- 
plied to the profession without success, growing worse and worse till 
he could hardly haul his legs after him, and being thought by him- 
self, and all who knew him, to be going. I could no longer for- 
bear (for I saw him frequently) to offer my advice; he thanked me, 
but said he thought himself out of the reach of medicine; being per- 
suaded, however, to try your Fever Drops, he found himself re- 
covering apace, his appetite returned, and with that his spirits; those 
who had heard him before, were now surprised at the strength of 
his voice; in a week’s time he found a great alteration for the better; 
it was, however, I believe, near a month before he declared himself 
quite reinstated. Many persons of credit were witnesses of this 
cure, (for the man is a hair-dresser well known) and some of them 
not the most credulous. 
A Woman, who is famous as a nurse to lying-in women, being 
in danger of her life by a putrid sore-throat, was prevailed on to try 
the Fever Drops, after every thing else had failed; speech, swallow- 
ing, and even breath being almost gone, and expecting to die that 
very night, a friend insisted on the Drops being given, and stayed to 
see it done. The nurse became more and more sensible of their good 
effect, and by the morning, instead of death as before expected, she 
found herself so relieved, that she expressed herself in an ecstasy of 
surprise, gratitude, and praise of the medicine, that it is worth a 
guinea a drop, that she had been dead before the morning without it, 
that her breath was stopping very fast, and that all the world could 
not have saved her, &c. 
I expect the pleasure very soon to write you of some other similar 
successes. Interim I remain, with the greatest esteem and most 
cordial affection, 
SIR, 
Your much obliged, 
and obedient humble servant, 
ARTHUR SAWIER. 
All my family join in respectful compliments to you and yours. 
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To the Printer of the SALISBURY JOURNAL. 
SIR, 
ABOUT a month ago I was taken ill with a Cold, attended 
with a Sore Throat and Fever, my face and throat very much 
swelled and painful, for which I was advised to take Dr. Norris’s 
Drops, an almost infallible remedy, as I was informed, for Fevers; 
accordingly I bought a half-crown bottle, and took a table-spoonful 
according to the directions, and to my great comfort found relief in 
half an hour’s time, and in four hours after I took a second spoonful, 
and the next morning another, and in about three days' time I was 
quite recovered, without taking any thing else. The swelling, 
which was so bad that I expected it to break, abated the next 
morning after I began taking the Drops, and the day following 
was quite gone. 
JOHN COOPER.
Boscombe, Dec. 7, 1779.  
To the Printer of the SALISBURY JOURNAL. 
SIR, 
I Think I should be wanting to myself, as well as the public, if I 
was not to comply with the request of my friends to make it 
known for the good of others the very great benefit I have found by 
taking Dr. Norris’s Drops in the Rheumatism, with which I have 
been so severely afflicted for upwards of ten years past, that at times 
I have been almost a cripple in both my knees, and quite unable to 
get on horseback without help and difficulty, which however I was 
obliged to do, to look after my work people in the fields, as I was 
so weak in my joints I could not walk any distance, or even stand 
long without pain, and therefore was obliged to sit my horse all the 
time I was out. This weakness I used to think was owing in a 
great measure to want of rest, which has been broken for I know 
not how many years past, more or less, almost every night, with 
violent pains of the rheumatism, for four or five hours successively; 
but by the blessing of God, and these inestimable Drops, after hav- 
ing taken a great number of things of various kinds, that had been, 
prescribed and recommended to me as certain cures for the rheu- 
matism, without receiving any material benefit, I am now, I bless 
God, quite relieved from pain, and take my rest as well as ever, and 
(making allowance for the difference of age, being now in my 69th 
year) l am as stout and hearty as ever I was in my life. I began 
taking the Drops about the middle of August, and have continued 
them twice a day, night and morning, about two tea-spoonfuls 
at a time, in the whole not more than two five shilling bottles, for 
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which I should not have grudged so many guineas, had I known 
what benefit I was to receive from them; and am, 
Your much obliged humble servant,
Netherhaven, Oct. 19, 1779.  JOHN MILES. 
P.S. A Gentleman not far from hence, whose name I am not 
authorised to mention, was in the summer afflicted with the like 
complaint to such a degree that he was but just able to crawl across 
his parlour, but by taking these Drops was soon able to walk half a 
dozen miles, and with only two five shilling bottles perfectly cured. 
[N.B. Netherhaven is north of Amesbury, about ten miles 
from Salisbury, and Mr. Miles a substantial credible farmer.] 
To Dr. NORRIS, in Bridge street, Black Friars, London.
Cambridge, July 19, 1779. 
SIR, 
LAST week my Overseer was seized with a violent Cold, accom- 
panied with a Sore Throat, which in the space of two or three 
hours affected him in such a manner as nearly to deprive him of his 
voice, as he could only speak in whispers scarcely to be understood. 
Observing the case of Mrs. Lawrence, published in the Salisbury 
Journal, he was induced, on my recommendation, to try Dr. 
Norris’s Drops for Fevers and Sore Throats, of which he accord- 
ingly took one spoonful on Friday night, and the next morning his 
throat was much relieved; but the fever continuing upon him, the 
next day and evening he took the remainder of the bottle, and on 
the Sunday morning, to the astonishment of himself and my whole 
family, his voice was restored, his throat perfectly well, and the 
fever had entirely left him.
I am, SIR, 
Your very humble servant, 
F. HODSON. 
The Case of ANN DAVIDGE the Younger, at Quidhampton, near 
Salisbury. 
IN the beginning of November 1779, I was attacked with cold 
chills and a fever, which increasing to an alarming degree, I was 
advised to take Dr. Norris’s Drops, which brought on a sweat, and 
gave me speedy relief, and in a few days I was perfectly cured of it 
without relapse by the Drops only. 
January 16, 1780 Witness my Hand, 
ANN DAVIDGE. 


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Salisbury, April 5, 1780.
The Case of SAMUEL OBORN, late servant to Mr. Alderman DAVIS, 
in this City.  
IN the spring of the year 1779, being then of a very plethoric 
habit, I took a violent cold, which fell immediately upon my 
lungs, a cough ensued, and in ten days time I was exceedingly ill 
indeed; my appetite was quite gone, had no sleep, incessant cough, 
discharging with it great quantities of disagreeable phlegm like cor- 
ruption, and at last, blood with it, with night sweats scarcely to be 
borne, so that the bedding and every thing about me were as wet 
as if dipped in water. Fourteen or sixteen ounces of blood were now 
taken from me, which was sizey, livid, and highly inflamed. I was 
ordered a milk diet, to be continued for some months, and to take 
the greatest care of myself, as being in the utmost danger of falling 
into a galloping consumption. In this situation I took Dr. Norris’s 
Drops for Fevers, two tea-spoonfuls in a tea-cup of new milk; it 
gave me ease the first night, and by continuing it four times a day 
for a few days, I felt myself out of danger, and in the course of a 
fortnight I was perfectly restored to health, my sleep and appetite 
returned, and my cough was cured by taking only three half-crown 
bottles of Dr. Dorris’s Drops. The truth of this lam ready to 
declare to any person. Witness my hand, 
SAMUEL OBORN. 
To Dr. NORRIS, in London. 
SIR,
SOME time ago at Plymouth I was suddenly taken ill; it began 
with a shivering all over me, a dreadful sickness at my stomach, 
together with a nausea and vomiting, which soon terminated in a 
violent Fever an Apothecary was sent for; I took of his draughts, 
&c. But hearing so much of your Drops for Fevers, I thought, 
while I remained in my senses, (for I found a delirium coming on 
very fast) I would give them a trial; accordingly I sent for a bottle, 
and took only a tea-spoonful, though by your directions I should 
have taken three times the quantity; I suppose, like many others at 
first, I might be timorous: I continued taking a tea-spoonful every 
hour for three or four hours, when I found myself in a profuse 
sweat, in which I continued the whole night free from pain or 
anxiety, my nurse supplying me plentifully with balm tea. The 
Apothecary not knowing what I had done, called in the morning, 
and was agreeably surprised on finding the fever quite subdued in 
so short a time, and inspecting the urinal, expressed his astonish- 
ment at the consistence of its contents, discharged in the course of 
the night, which was very thick indeed: not chusing to give of-
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fence, I did not undeceive him; I continued your Drops, and 
nothing else, taking them every two or three hours, more or less, 
and in the course of three days, finding myself so well recovered, 
I set off in a post-chaise for London, upwards of two hundred 
miles, in severe frosty weather, and never went to bed ’till I got 
home: I took your Drops all the way, and found them very com- 
fortable. 
Upon my arrival, I found my child, a boy about nine months 
old, very bad, and given over, with an inflammation on his lungs, 
and such a difficulty of breathing, that he might be heard all over 
the house, expecting every breath to be his last, and reduced to a 
mere skeleton. From the great benefit I so recently received from 
your Drops, I ordered his nurse to give them to him immediately, 
and continue them every three hours, from twenty drops to a tea- 
spoonful, which had the desired effect, and removed the com- 
plaint in a few days. I have recommended them to my own fa- 
mily and friends, who speak as highly of them as I do, and from 
the many instances where I have been an eye witness of their salu- 
brious effects, do earnestly recommend them to the public as a 
sovereign remedy for Fevers of every kind, and a safe and effica- 
cious medicine in many other disorders, to my knowledge. One 
proof of the many which I could give, is the following: One 
Mr. Loughlin, brother to one of my servants, had been upwards 
of six weeks an out-patient of St. Thomas’s hospital, for a com- 
plaint in his side; the pain made him walk almost double; thus 
rendered unable to work, he applied to me to get him to be an in- 
patient: As I am never without some of your Drops by me, I 
gave him part of a bottle, which he took; and although they ope- 
rated quite in an insensible manner, the effect was such, as re- 
moved his complaint, and rendered him capable of working at his 
business in the course of a week. 
In compliance to the justice and reasonableness of your request in 
one of your books, which fell into my hands some time ago, I send 
you the above recital of simple facts, of which you have my liberty 
to make what use you please, for the general good of mankind. 
l am, Sir, 
Your friend and servant, 
JOHN HINDLEY.
Old Gravel-Lane, Radcliffe 
Highway, May 5, 1778. 
To Dr. NORRIS, London. 
SIR, 
I Have two daughters, who, I think I may safely say, under God, 
owe their very existence to the virtues of your Drops for Fevers; 
I herewith send you their case, which you have my consent to pub- 
lish, if you think proper, for the benefit of those labouring under 
the like afflictions. 
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In the spring of the year 1776 my youngest daughter was seized 
with a nervous fever, with an extreme dejection and loss of appetite, 
which continued for some time, and brought her extremely low. 
She had the advice and assistance of some of the most eminent of the 
faculty, but without any relief; as the last resource, I sent for a 
bottle of your Drops, which, in a few days, entirely took away the 
Fever, and by the use of two small bottles only, she was quite re- 
stored to a good state of health. 
In the summer of 1777 she was again seized with a violent putrid 
fever, and the week following I had another daughter fell ill of the 
same fever; the symptoms ran very high in both, a constant watch- 
fulness and delirium to a very great degree. I now declined calling 
in any of the faculty, but trusted entirely to the efficacy of your 
Drops, and by administering them pretty freely, every dangerous 
symptom was soon removed, and by a short continuance their 
health was perfectly re-established. I shall be ready and willing to 
satisfy any person who chooses to be further informed of the truth 
of the above. 
And am, Sir, with gratitude and respect, 
Your very humble servant, 
ELIZ. MARKS. 
No 116, 
Fetter-lane, London, 
May 4, 1778.
E. NEWHAM, Housekeeper to Mr. Frears, in Wych-street, 
St. Clement Danes, was sorely afflicted with an inveterate 
sharp corrosive humour in her blood, for the space of one year and a 
half, suffered great pain, and was scarce able to move about for some 
months; by applying to Dr. Norris, and taking a few bottles of 
his Drops, received a perfect cure. 
Mr. Frears will authenticate this account at any time. 
July 31, 1778. 
SIR, 
MY servant was delirious, and in all respects so bad in an In- 
flammatory Fever, attended with a putrid disposition, that 
it was generally thought she could not recover; but on taking these 
Drops she presently began to mend, and the continuance of one 
small bottle perfected her cure. 
Some time after my son had a violent Inflammatory Fever, and 
from the almost immediate effects of these Drops on my servant, 
and the good report I heard of them from many of my ac- 
quaintance, I trusted in them altogether, and gave him no other 
medicine: I gave them to him freely, which threw him into a fine
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perspiration and a sweet sleep; the Fever was carried off in a few
hours, and he recovered health and strength in a few days. This 
you have my permission to publish for the good of mankind, be- 
lieving your Drops to be the most safe and effectual remedy for 
Fevers ever yet discovered. 
I am, SIR, 
Your very humble servant, 
JOHN ARNOLD.
John-street, Adelphi. 
To Dr. NORRIS, London. 
SIR, Bristol, Oct. 31, 1779.
TO write you of every Cure by your Fever Drops, and parti- 
cularly of every prevention in the first symptom of Fevers, 
that come to my knowledge, would be endless: I shall only there- 
fore acquaint you with some special cures that may tend to remove 
the objections of ignorance and prejudice, and enlarge the use of 
the medicine, as the best service I can do the public. 
A considerable tradesman of this place returning home over-heated 
by a journey in the sultry part of the late summer, fell into a vio- 
lent fever; being earnestly desired to go to the patient, I found him 
in great distress, his pulse much obstructed, a violent pain in his 
head, neck, and back; he complained also of a sore throat, and 
was so extremely restless as not to be able to get any sleep, and fre- 
quently quite delirious: those who looked after him had lately 
changed his bed-linen, &c. not being able to bear the effluvia of 
the putrid sweats he was also very low at times, and strongly pos- 
sessed of a notion, that he should never recover. The family had be- 
fore experienced such good effects from your fever medicine, as dis- 
posed them (and indeed they had begun) to administer the Drops; 
but observing the symptoms to be a little confused, were afraid to 
proceed; phrenzy on the one hand, and putrescence on the other, 
seemed to threaten. In these circumstances, I gave them all the 
encouragement in my power, assuring them of success, and instantly 
giving a large table spoonful of Drops, in a small wine glass of half- 
and-half Port wine and water, directed the same to be repeated every 
two hours, ’till a free perspiration should come on; and to give 
him a dose extra, whenever he should appear over-much depressed 
with dismal apprehensions; it was now afternoon, and by two the 
next morning he was in a fine breathing sweat, and the urine (which 
before was clear) became charged with a prodigious quantity of se- 
diment; he was now capable of refreshing naps, and on the third 
night, from the time I first saw him, he slept eight hours. The 
health of this gentleman being completely recovered, has not a little 
enhanced the credit of your medicine in this neighbourhood, as he 
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was known to be of a scrofulous habit, and very subject to putrid 
disorders; for which reason he took the Drops afterwards, as an 
alterative, and has thereby obtained a better state of health than he 
has enjoyed for years past. 
During this person’s illness, I was made acquainted with a case, 
that cannot (I think) be too generally known; — A Gentlewoman, 
of a tender constitution, laboured under a complication of disorders, 
that seemed to threaten a decline (if it was not already begun); her 
stomach was so weak, that it could bear nothing but the lightest 
food, and she had not been able, for the space of fourteen months, 
to retain any solid food, but lived on such things as are given to in- 
fants; during this time she was subject to such violent pains in her 
bowels, as frequently threw her into convulsions, often complain- 
ing of a sore throat, low fever, and such a foulness in the mouth, 
as corroded part of the gums. After a great expense and patience, 
being advised to try the Fever Drops, she took the precaution of 
consulting the learned thereupon. Nothing, however, could deter 
her from the experiment; she had suffered too much under the 
Doctors to be easily diverted from her purpose. — Your Drops now 
became her sole medicine; and experience soon confirmed her reso- 
lution to go through with it. Her stomach sickness, bilious colic, 
fever, sore throat, &c. were all soon relieved, and gradually re- 
moved, her health established, and for these twelve months past 
she has been able to eat and drink with a good appetite, having 
taken in all about five guineas worth of the Drops, an expense 
which must be deemed a trifle, when compared with more than tea 
times as much that had been paid for useless physic. 
I must not omit to mention, that never-failing as your Drops have 
proved in Fevers, they are found equally sovereign in all complaints 
of the bowels; the many instances I have met with of persons de- 
plorably bad in the bilious colic, relieved almost instantly, and 
cured in a few hours by this medicine, induce me to make its effi- 
cacy in such disorders known as much as possible for the sake of 
numbers, who drag on a miserable life, or meet a speedy (not to say 
untimely) death, merely for want of a proper medicine. A malig- 
nant fever has lately taken off many in this city; it has at once in- 
flammatory and putrid symptoms, a scarlet flushing in the cheeks, &c. 
accompanied with ulcerated throats, a scalding heat upon the surface, 
attended with lowness of spirits; and if not timely relieved, the 
patient dies of a mortification or suffocation; the latter was the fate 
of a child who last week died, under (what is called) regular prac- 
tice, whose two sitters in the same disorder are already out of danger, 
under your excellent Fever Drops. — The mother has no doubt but 
the lost child might have been saved by the same medicine; her rea- 
son is, that they all three sickened alike, &c. — Several grown persons 
have been also safely recovered by the Drops within my knowledge, 
and neither man, woman, or child, that has timely and properly 
taken them, have failed of a cure, although some have been so deep 
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in the disorder, that nature has been glad to discharge the malignity 
by sweat, by eruption, and by urine, plenteously, and all at the same 
time, soon after taking the Drops, with the aid of diluting liquids 
to assist their operation. A wine glass of half Drops and half red 
Port, occasionally, is found to have an amazing good effect in the 
most excruciating torments of the bilious cHolic; by this means 
a very tender valetudinarian woman, that was brought to death’s 
door by this disorder, was relieved in two or three hours, and so 
well recovered in three or four days, as to go abroad free from all 
complaints of the kind. 
Thus, Sir, I have in some measure discharged my duty to the 
public, by relating such instances of cures by this medicine as may 
encourage its application in complaints not directly in the Fever 
line, and at the same time such wherein its virtues are altogether as 
effectual. — lmperfections and inaccuracies will be pardoned, when 
nothing but the good of mankind is the disinterested intention and 
wish of, SIR, 
Your affectionate humble servant, 
ARTHUR SAWIER. 
To Dr. NORRIS, Bridge-street, 
Black-Friars, London. 
MR. F. a respectable tradesman in the city of London, His 
daughter, a weakly delicate child, about five years of age, 
was sorely afflicted with a swelled stomach, and constipation in her 
bowels; together with indigestion, a Slow Fever, and a sharp cor- 
rosive humour in her blood. To the inexpressible joy of her parents, 
who had despaired of her recovery, she is happily restored to health, 
by the virtues of this invaluable medicine. Two of his servants were 
cured of a Putrid Fever; the one in his own house, very speedily, 
and went about his business in a few days; the other soon after was 
attacked with the same disorder: for reasons best known to his master 
he sent him to Islington, and put him under the care of an Apothe- 
cary there, but hearing very unfavourable accounts of him daily, he 
went to see him, and sent for the Apothecary, who told him, among 
other things, that his Fever was a very dangerous one, and must 
wait for a crisis, &c. This not appearing satisfactory to the old 
gentleman, he discharged the Apothecary, and immediately sent for 
me. Let it suffice to say, that I was under the necessity of giving 
this young man three times more in quantity of the Drops than is 
ordinarily prescribed, before the desired effect was produced; he 
began to take them about eight o’clock in the morning, and between 
that and five in the evening he had taken four-fifths of a half guinea 
bottle, without their having the least sensible effect; he then called 
for a large bison of tea, which he drank, and about six had a very 
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profuse sweat, in which he continued the whole night, and slept 
comfortably. I made him a visit the next day, and found him 
equal to my wishes; and the day following pronounced him out of 
danger, which I reported to his master. In a week or ten days 
after I saw him about his business. 
REMARKS.
Very few people pay that attention to the directions given with 
the medicine which they ought; if they did, there would be very 
little occasion for my visits, particularly in Fevers. 
SIR, 
MY eldest son was seized with a most violent Fever and never 
ceasing excessive head-ach, which defied all the various 
medicines that acknowledged skill and attention could prescribe for 
thirteen days and nights together, until he was evidently sinking 
under debilitating vomits, blisters, and four bleedings; the de- 
spairing father trembling for the fate of a youth who had never once 
swerved from the strictest rules of duty, and who but very recently 
lost another most promising youth, under circumstances exactly 
similar; and therefore as a last resource in such imminent danger, 
he applied for Dr. Norris’s Drops for Fevers, which in one night 
carried off the violent head-ach, and through a soft easy sweat, that 
terminated in a sound sleep, every dangerous symptom was at once 
removed; which I dutifully attest, to allay the excruciating anguish 
of all other unhappy parents in the like melancholy sorrow and di- 
stress for their beloved offspring, sinking, helpless, and without any 
hope of further relief from fast-approaching dissolution. This, Sir, 
you have my permission to publish for the good of mankind. 
Charring Cross.
ALEXANDER DINGWALL.
To Dr. NORRIS, London. 
- H. Esq. 
WAS cured by these Drops of a Slow Latent Fever, indi- 
gestion, crudities, &c. This gentleman, from a chari- 
table motive, has had much experience of the sovereign effects of 
this medicine in an Endemial Fever, which prevailed in his neigh- 
bourhood. To use his own words, “This Fever prevailed in 
“my absence from home; my housekeeper administered them to 
“the poor, as long as she had any; all who took them recovered, 
"and two, for whom she had none left, died.” 
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Mrs. MAY, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, 
WAS afflicted with the most distressing Military Fever I ever 
was acquainted with, which species of Fever is universally 
allowed to be of longer continuance (though not so dangerous) and 
requires more judgment in treating it, than any other kind of Fe- 
ver; notwithstanding, under a course of my Drops, taken according 
to directions, she was perfectly cured in seventeen days, which, in 
the common way of treating it, rarely happens in as many weeks. 
This she is ready to attest when called upon. 
SIR, 
I Caught a severe cold, which terminated in a violent Inflamma- 
tory Fever; and notwithstanding I had every assistance that 
could be obtained, I continued growing worse and worse for eigh- 
teen days; when few signs of life appearing, your Fever Drops 
were administered as the last effort to restore me, when, to the sur- 
prize of all my friends, in the course of three days, I was perfectly 
recovered, without any other sensible effect than a degree of per- 
spiration. This you have not only my permission, but my request, 
you will make public, for the good of mankind. 
Finch-lane, Cornhill.
THOMAS HEPBURN. 
REMARKS. 
This young man, after bleeding, blistering, leeches applied to 
his temples, and every other means in common practice made use of 
to no good purpose, his brother, with whom he lives, was advised 
to try in this desperate case my Fever Drops; he made some en- 
quiries about me at the Carolina Coffee-house in Birchin-lane, 
where I frequently go when in this city; satisfied with Mr. Karr’s, 
and several gentlemen’s report of me there, the Drops were imme- 
diately administered according to directions; the next day I hap- 
pened to call at the coffee-house, when Mr. Karr, who keeps it, 
after reciting what had passed, was sorry to inform me the young 
man was no better, and then past all hope; that as I was so near, 
he thought it advisable I should call: I did; and never did I see 
a human being nearer death; I could feel no pulse; he lay on his 
back with his eyes wide open and fixed, speechless and motionless 
to all appearance. Being the first instance of my Drops failing in 
Fevers, at least that ever came to my knowledge, made me more 
particularly inquisitive about my administration of them, when 
(to my great surprise) the brother of my patient assured me with 
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and he had taken of nothing else since, but the Apothecary's stuffs,
as he called them, every two hours, as they were directed to be 
given. There was no time to be lost in reproof; it was now one 
o’clock at noon; I immediately dispatched a messenger to Mr. 
Parker’s for a half-guinea bottle of Drops, a table-spoonful of 
which was poured down that instant, with directions, if he lived 
an hour and an half, to repeat it, and continue to give him that 
quantity every two hours after, till a sweat, or some visible signs 
of amendment, were discovered; and then to diminish the dose 
gradually; that no other medicine should be administered on any 
account, but to let him have as much baum tea, or any simple di- 
luting liquor as they could get down, by little and little, every 
now and then; the blunder committed before, made them now 
doubly diligent and punctual; I called the next day, and found 
him very weak, low, and languid, but happily the Fever was 
quite gone. The nurse informed me he lay very quiet till five 
o’clock; about six he began to perspire, and continued so to do 
plentifully the whole night, sleeping all the time; which from his 
laying very still and motionless, and as she thought breathless too, 
made her several times conclude he was dead, till by laying on 
her hand every now and then, she was satisfied to the contrary. I 
then ordered the Drops to be given very sparingly, not above twenty 
or thirty, every two or three hours, till I called the next day, when 
I pronounced him out of danger, and ordered him to be wrap up 
in a blanket, put into a carriage, and taken somewhere to breathe 
a purer air as soon as possible, which was accordingly done soon 
after. He now gathered strength, and in a few days was able to 
return to his business, and has continued ever since in good health 
and spirits. 
CERTIFICATE. 
I Thomas Reynolds, Master of the ship Mentor, belonging to 
the port of London, do hereby certify to whom it may con- 
cern, that upon my late voyage from St. Kitt’s to Carolina, with 
negro slaves, several of them falling ill of fevers, and some of them 
very dangerously so, I administered to them Dr. Norris’s Drops;
and they all perfectly recovered, without the aid of any other me- 
dicine whatsoever. 
London.
THOMAS REYNOLDS. 
REMARKS. 
This gentleman informed me, that from Africa to St. Kitt’s he 
had lost upwards of seventy slaves, not being able to prevail on the 
Surgeon to administer my Fever Drops to them. When he arrived 
at St. Kitt’s, the Doctor quitted the ship, and the Captain then had 
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about seventy slaves left, which he was to take to Carolina: in the 
passage ten or twelve of them were seized with the same Fever the 
others died of; being then without a Surgeon, he had recourse to 
my Fever Drops, which recovered them, verily believing, if timely 
administered, nine out of ten of those that were lost might have 
been saved. These Drops were sent by way of experiment, at the 
instance of a worthy Gentleman, a merchant in the city, much 
interested in African affairs, and under the peculiar care of Captain 
Reynolds, the only one, he said, he could depend upon to make a 
just report; before which, and since, several small boxes were sent 
to merchants at Liverpool for the same purpose, and some few from 
the port of London also; but, strange to tell! when immediately 
under the care and administration of the Surgeon, all their influ- 
ence were gone, and they became of none effect. It would be no 
very easy matter to prevail upon many commanders of ships who 
fail without Surgeons, to credit this report from their own expe- 
rience. This I am very well assured of, and could venture my 
credit, reputation, and fortune, upon the event, that if the Sur- 
geons of ships were actuated by the same disinterested principles, 
my Fever Drops would prove a great acquisition not only to the 
African Company in preserving their negroes, but the lives of thou- 
sands subject to putrid Fevers in hot climates. 
Letter from Capt. STOTT, of his Majesty's frigate the JUNO, to 
Dr. NORRIS. 
IN justice to you, and from a desire of being serviceable to the 
community, particularly that part of it which I have the honour 
to be a member of, I send you, attested by the Officers of his 
Majesty’s ship Juno, under my command, an account of the effects 
of your Drops for Fevers, in the course of my late voyage to and 
from Falkland’s Island. 
In the outward passage, by the Surgeon of the ship’s report to 
me of the 5th of April last, it appeared, that Geo. Hunter and Laur. 
Pittman, two of the seamen, were taken ill of malignant Fevers; 
that having for several days been given the usual medicines without 
effect, he thought them past a possibility of recovery; judging this 
a fit opportunity to make a trial of the efficacy of your Drops (for 
notwithstanding the recommendations which were given me of them, 
and which induced me to take them with me, I had resolved to let 
every usual means take place before I gave them) I then therefore 
gave a bottle to the Surgeon, and desired they might be administered; 
he said, it would, he believed, be of little consequence whatever 
was given them, as he thought they could not live till the next 
day; however, he would try them. The next morning, in his 
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and he believed they would recover; which from that time they 
did, and were soon after able to do their duty in the ship. 
On the 27th of July following, being in the southern part of the 
torrid zone, Mr. Joslin, the boatswain of the ship, was taken ill of 
the same fever, with the like symptoms as the two former; and 
after the Surgeon had represented to me, that he had used all the 
means in his power for his recovery to no purpose, the Fever Drops 
were given, and had the desired effect, by his immediate recovery. 
Some time afterwards, in the southern ocean, James Hamm, and 
Evan Williams, the one a boy, the other a marine, were seized 
with a Fever, and were, by the Surgeon’s report to me, given over 
for many days; the Drops were given them also, which produced 
a plentiful sweating, and their immediate recovery. Such repeated 
success gives me the highest opinion of the virtue and efficacy of 
your Fever Drops, and on these grounds I cannot too strongly re- 
commend them. 
I also enclose you the Surgeon’s attestation taken from the jour- 
nals of his practice in the ship; and which, as well as this letter, 
you are at liberty to make public. Wishing you every success, 
I am, SIR, 
Your most obedient humble servant, 
JOHN STOTT. 
Juno, Portsmouth.
We, the under-mentioned Officers of his Majesty’s said ship Juno, 
do also testify what is mentioned in the above letter, and are of the 
same opinion with regard to Dr. Norris’s Fever Drops. 
CHARLES C. CROOKE, 1st Lieutenant. 
WILLIAM BARROW, 2d Lieutenant. 
JAMES HOLROYD, Master. 
WILLIAM JOSLIN, Boatswain. 
THOMAS TURNER, Purser. 
The Surgeon's Attestation, taken from his Journal. 
George Hunter taken ill of a Malignant Fever; symptoms a 
head-ach, vomiting, burning heat, for many days; the medicines 
given had no effect; then the purging came on, with an insensibility; 
he continued in that state four or five days, when Dr. Norris’s 
Fever Drops were given, which threw him into a perspiration, and 
he recovered. 
Same day Laurence Pittman was taken ill; symptoms the same as 
Hunter, and given-over; when the Fever Drops were administered, 
which, without any sensible operation, had the desired effect. 
Mr. Joslin was taken ill of the same Fever as Hunter and Pittman; 
symptoms the same; and after medicines were administered to no 
purpose, and he was given over, the Fever Drops were given, and 
had the desired effect. 
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James Hamm and Evan Williams were both seized with the 
same Fever; symptoms the same; and were both given over for 
many days; the Fever Drops were then given, which brought on 
a plentiful sweating, and both recovered. 
JOHN BOYD, Surgeon. 
Extra of a Letter from ROBERT WILLIAMS, Merchant, to 
Dr. NORRIS. 
Newbern, North Carolina. 
Much respected Friend,
THY favour, with a box of Fever Drops, I received by means 
of our Friend Eye, about 16 last 12 mo. They have gained 
great reputation in these parts, and being the time of our general as- 
sembly in Newbern, and my own acquaintance being very extensive 
in this province, I had an opportunity of recommending them to 
many people; carried some to our good Governor Martin. Im- 
mediately on receiving them, I gave some to my own child, about 
two years old, who was feverish, and much out of order. Every 
one in my family could observe a sudden change for the better: I 
have continued to give him a few at times, and the child is brave 
and hearty. Another child, about twelve months old, that had 
been long sick, had lost all appetite; I advised them, and in a few 
days recovered his health and appetite. A negroe man in my own 
employ, about 23 years of age, by much wading in the water, got 
a severe pleurisy; it being about twenty miles from where I reside 
myself, they bled him, after some days sweated him; he went out 
before his sweat was off, and grew so bad, they sent me word they 
thought he would die, I immediately dispatched orders to give 
him thy Fever Drops, and he soon recovered. 
Two persons, that had them of me, were cured of stubborn 
coughs, which, I believe, would soon have terminated in consump- 
tions.
A married woman, not with child, catched a considerable cold, 
which occasioned a suppression of the menses, with fever and great 
pains. I advised the use of the Drops, which soon abated the pains, 
fever, and head-ach, and in about two days time set nature to act 
for herself in the natural way. 
I mention these few particulars more for the conviction of others 
than thy own confirmation. Indeed, for my own part, I believe 
the Drops to be the most sovereign remedy ever yet found out for 
what thou recommendest them, and may prove advantageous in many 
cases which are not mentioned in thy directions.
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Mr. CARTER, Attorney at Law, George-Yard, Tower-Hill, 
WAS miserably afflicted with a depression of spirits, bad di- 
gestion, and a debility of natural strength, proceeding from 
a most violent scorbutic habit; but is now in perfect health by the 
sole use of Dr. Norris’s Drops for Fevers. 
THOMAS CARTER.
SIR, 
I Was greatly oppressed with a bilious disorder, and severely af- 
flicted with an hereditary gout; insomuch that for the most 
part of my time I was rendered incapable of doing any business, ’till 
by the generous effects of your Fever Drops my bilious complaints 
are removed; and each fit of the gout rendered so short, by support- 
ing a gentle perspiration universally, when it came on, which they 
never yet failed to do in all my experience of them. I have used 
them, at times, these five years, and never enjoyed a better state of 
health than since I have taken of them; wishing the same good 
effects on others that I have experienced from them, 
I am, SIR, 
Crown Court, Butcher-Row. Your very humble servant,
R. LEDGLEY. 
To Dr. NORRIS, London. 
SIR, 
I HAVE read your late publication on the virtues of your Fever 
Drops. In justice to the medicine, and in compliance to truth, 
I think, it my duty to give the following account of them within 
my own knowledge. 
I had a Slow Fever upon me for several years, and could find no 
relief. When I heard of the efficacy of your Drops, I immediately 
got a bottle, and took, them as directed; in a few hours I found 
relief, and in a short time after a perfect cure. It is now upwards 
of two years, and I never had the least return. I have since admi- 
nistered them to my spouse and niece, both in violent Fevers; a 
copious sweat ensued, and the Fever ceased in a few hours, with- 
out a relapse. Finding their efficacy such, I recommended them 
to several friends, to half a score at least, in similar cases, in all 
which they had the desired effect: I do not know of their failing 
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in a single instance. This you have my permission to publish for 
the good of mankind. 
I am, SIR, 
Your's, &c.
EDWARD SHUTE. 
No. I, Inner Temple, 
King’s Bench Walks. 
To Dr. NORRIS, London. 
Letter from Mr. ANDERSON, Merchant, Billiter-square. 
SIR, 
I Was for some time troubled with a Slow Fever, with loss of ap- 
petite, and lowness of spirits; but by taking your Fever Drops 
I was soon perfectly relieved. 
I am, SIR, 
Your most humble servant,
RICHARD ANDERSON. 
To Dr. NORRIS, London.
SIR,
I Was some time ago attacked with a Fever: I sent for my Apo- 
thecary, who took some blood from me, and sent me medicines 
which I took to no good purpose. I then desired him to administer 
Dr. James’s Powders, which also not succeeding, one of the most 
eminent of the Faculty was called in, who, in about ten or twelve 
days took off the violence of the Fever, and thinking all would be 
well soon, took his leave, giving the Apothecary instructions how 
to treat me. In this doubtful state I continued about a fortnight, 
taking a great quantity of medicine, even ’till he told me that 
seeing his applications had done me no good, he was ashamed to 
make me a charge. Your Essay on the Virtues of your Fever 
Drops, at this time lying by me, I asked his opinion concerning it: 
He said, by all means try it, if you like it. I immediately sent for a 
bottle of your Drops, and taking them according to your directions, 
my Fever soon left me; so that in ten or twelve days I was better 
able to walk five or six miles, than I was a few turns in my room 
before I took them. It is my request that you make this public, 
that through the good hand of Providence, others may find that 
relief which I have so happily experienced. 
I am, SIR, 
Your much obliged, and 
very humble servant, 
C. LOLE.
Broad-street, St. James's, 
Nov. 1, 1775. 
To Dr. Norris, London. 


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SIR, 
HAVING lately seen an Essay on the virtues of your Fever 
Drops, and the pleasing happiness of my being restored to 
good health and spirits, with the recovery of a lost appetite, by tak- 
ing ten bottles of them; which, with the blessing of God, also 
cured me of an inveterate Scurvy and its baneful effects, which I 
laboured under for twelve years past, though attended by many of 
the faculty both in town and country, — is the reason of your re- 
ceiving this letter from me, that you may shew it, or publish it, 
for the benefit of mankind, and to return you my grateful thanks 
for the unexpected change in my constitution, particularly as to my 
hearing and memory, 
I am, SIR, 
With great respect, 
Your most obliged humble servant, 
MICHAEL BOURKE.
t. Martin's-lane, 
April 15, 1775. 
To Dr. NORRIS, London. 
SIR, 
ABOUT sixteen months ago I was recommended to try what 
effect your Fever Drops would have in a complication of 
disorders which I then laboured under; but being in the sixty-_ 
fourth year of my age, I had very little hopes that any medicine 
whatever could reach my case. However, I was prevailed on to 
consult you, and was so pleased with your judicious observations on 
my complaints, that I submitted myself at once entirely to your care. 
I had a Slow Fever, which generally came on in the evening, and 
continued ’till morning, which so dried me up, that my skin felt 
like a skuttle-bone. My digestion was very bad, and I had an ob- 
stinate costiveness, for which I took purging medicines so long, that 
at last they lost their efficacy. An obstinate obstruction in my sto- 
mach and bowels, with a violent palpitation of the heart succeeded, 
which altogether rendered me incapable of any kind of business. 
These and many more were my complaints, when I applied to you, 
and which are entirely removed by taking your invaluable medicines, 
so that I am enabled to prosecute my usual daily labour with chear- 
fulness. The truth of this, the family in which I have lived these 
forty years will testify, and to which my master is pleased to sub- 
scribe his name with that of, SIR, 
Your ever grateful and 
most humble servant, 
WILLIAM SIMS. 
JOHN RYALL,
BREWER.
Stratton Ground, Westminster, May 1, 1775. 
to Dr. NORRIS.


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SIR, 
A Particular friend of mine, some time ago, had a scorbutic hu-
mour settled in his leg. He was cured by taking your Fever
Drops.
Being a witness of their extraordinary good effects in that case,
and seeing in your short Essay on their virtues, they are particularly
recommended in Fevers, I was induced, about three weeks ago, to
make trial of them on myself. I was attacked with a most violent
Inflammatory Fever, attended with the most alarming symptoms,
but by taking on bottle of your Drops, in about sixteen hours, I
felt myself greatly relieved; and a second bottle perfected my cure,
without the least appearance of a relapse. You may make use of this
in any manner you please, for the public good, and am,
SIR, 
Your most humble servant,
ROBERT EYRE.
Lady Lake's Grove,
Mile-End.
To Dr. NORRIS, London.
SIR,
I Was afflicted with a Nervous Fever, attended with gouty Rheu-
matic pains in my head and face, which would sometimes fly to
my stomach, legs, feet, &c. with violent reaching, and almost
a total loss of appetite. In this miserable state, at the time your
Drops were recommended, I had kept my bed six weeks. I took
them more freely than recommended in your directions, knowing
that my complaints were very obstinate, and found almost imme-
diate relief. By continuing to take them for a short time, my
Fever left my, my appetite was restored, my pains were removed,
and I recovered the use of my limbs; so that I now enjoy a better
state of health than I recollect to have done for many years. I had
lost the use of my right hand and arm for nine or ten months before
I took your Fever Drops; and as I gradually recovered of my other
complaints, my hand and arm also recovered their natural strength
and feeling, and have remained well ever since.
I am, SIR,
Your very humble servant,
ELIZABETH SMITH.
Tothill-street, Westminster, May 8, 1775.
To Dr. NORRIS.



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SIR, 
ABOUT three years ago I had a Slow Fever on my Spirits, 
which hung upon me for a considerable time. I took of 
many things which were ordered for me, to very little purpose; at 
length I was prevailed on to try your Fever Drops, from which I 
found immediate relief, and by continuing to take them for some 
little time, I got perfectly well. 
On the 12th of September last I was seized with a violent Putrid 
Fever; the symptoms were dreadful. I was first taken in bed with 
an unusual restlessness, a sickness and nausea at my stomach, attended 
with great pain in my limbs, and a burning heat the whole night: 
the next day I had such a dejection, and lowness of spirits, as is 
hardly to be described. In this situation I fancied I could drink 
half a pint of porter, which I did, and, when I had got it down, I 
thought it would have been my last; it gave me such a shock, as 
seemed to deprive me of all strength and power. I then dispatched 
one of my people for you, and found you were out of town. How- 
ever, contrary to the advice of all my friends, who were for sending 
immediately for a Physician, I was determined to try what your 
Drops would do; and immediately I sent for a bottle, and went 
to bed, and took them according to the directions; they threw me 
into a moderate sweat, which gave me almost immediate ease. I 
continued taking them every two, three, or four hours, and some- 
times every hour, according as I found myself, for three days suc- 
cessively; when I found my fever entirely vanished, and all those 
painful sensations gone; but left me very weak, though I did not 
keep to my bed constantly, nor was I in the last delirious the 
whole time. However, my appetite returning in a day or two 
after, I began to pick up a little, when you called, and advised 
my sleeping in the country, which I did, and in a few days was 
perfectly recovered. This you have my liberty to publish for the 
benefit of mankind, believing your Drops to be the most safe, mild, 
pleasant, and efficacious remedy in the world for Fevers; they never 
gave me the least disagreeable sensation or uneasiness whatsoever. 
I am, SIR, 
With all due respect,
Your very humble servant, 
ROBERT FEARN. 
No. 44, Cow-lane,
Snow-hill, London,
To Dr. NORRIS, London, 
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Kent-street, in the Borough, Southwark, 
July 14, 1778. 
SIR, 
IN the month of July, 1777, my sister, Sarah White, about twenty- 
three years of age, was seized with a violent putrid Fever and 
Putrid Sore Throat. I immediately sent for my Apothecary, who 
attended her some days, and finding the Fever very alarming, and 
growing worse and worse, she having now lost the use of her limbs, 
he thought it highly necessary a Physician should be called in; and 
accordingly I sent for one of the most eminent in London, who in 
the course of three days finding her still growing worse, and expect- 
ing nothing but death, I sent for my aunt, Mrs. Barclay, of All- 
hallows-lane, who immediately recommended the use of your Fever 
Drops, and thought, as the case was so very desperate, that you 
should be sent for. When you came, and saw her situation, you 
said you were afraid you were sent for too late, as there was no 
passage for any thing to be got down her throat; however, you 
would try what could be done, and immediately ordered a table 
spoonful of the Drops to be poured into her mouth, and there 
held as long as possible. This operation had so far the desired 
effect, as to bring away a large quantity of corrupted matter, tinged 
with blood; after which, the first words she uttered (in broken 
accents) were, Pray let me die easy, However, by this means, a 
passage in some measure was obtained, and agreeable to your orders, 
in about a quarter of an hour after, a table spoonful of the Drops, 
with an equal quantity of red Port, were used as a gargle, and re- 
peated at proper intervals, to her great relief, in bringing off abun- 
dance of thick phlegm and corruption from her throat; after which 
we were enabled to get some of the Drops down, and by drinking 
plentifully of baum and sage tea, a fine breathing sweat ensued, 
and a comfortable sleep soon followed; in twelve hours, she could 
move one of her feet, and by the next day was able to turn herself 
in bed, and in 48 hours her Fever was gone, and so much reco- 
vered as to bear sitting up while her bed was making, and gathered 
strength daily; and to the astonishment of myself, and all who saw 
her, she was happily recovered in a very short time, and has ever 
since continued to enjoy a perfect state of health. To my aunt, 
whose care in seeing that no part of your directions had been omit- 
ted, much is owing, who thinks it her duty, together with myself, 
for the benefit of others, to send you this case to add to your cata- 
logue of cures, performed by your most excellent Drops.
I am SIR, 
With great esteem, 
Your very humble servant,
JOSEPH WHITE. 
Witness, 
ELIZ. THIA. BARCLAY. 


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Salisbury, July 13, 1780.
SIR,
I THOMAS ADLAM, of Roleston-street, in the city of Salisbury, 
was taken, about the middle of last April, with a pricking pain 
in my throat, and in the night such a violent inflammation came 
on, that I was almost suffocated; but applying the next day to an 
able apothecary, I was in the course of a fortnight greatly relieved, 
by means of gargles; but a fever, which had been on me from the 
beginning, now became very bad indeed, attended with a pain in 
my side, and an incessant cough, and a spitting of great quantities 
of very offensive matter, which weakened me to such a degree, 
that I began to consider myself as past all hopes of recovery; my 
wife too, as well as all my neighbours, thought the same; I could 
take no rest, was continually tormented with wandering pains, my 
appetite, though not entirely gone, served only to enable me to 
supply fresh matter in my stomach and lungs, I know not which, 
to cough up, and which often employed me for three hours toge- 
ther, without five minutes intermission. In this dreadful situation 
I applied to my doctor, who very humanely ordered me a large 
vial of balsamic mixture, (wishing that I had applied to him ear- 
lier) but this not in the lead abating my complaints, but rather 
increasing them, I troubled him a second time, when he ordered 
me another bottle of the same mixture, adding, at the same time, 
that if this did not answer, he could do no more for me, and I 
must take care of myself. Accordingly I left off all physic, and 
tried what effect change of air and gentle exercise would do, and 
accordingly went in a waggon 25 miles into the country, and stayed 
a month, but finding myself still growing worse, I returned home 
so very ill, that my wife and neighbours concluded me past all 
recovery. In this unhappy situation, I fortunately heard of re- 
markable cures done in cases like mine by Dr. Norris’s Drops for 
Fevers, which I was advised by all means to make trial of: accord- 
ingly I began taking them about the beginning of June, at a time 
when (my Doctor having given me over) probably no other person 
would have undertaken me, being, as it were, past all recovery; 
but I had the happiness, within a few days after taking the Drops, 
to find the fever greatly abated, and myself much mended; and by 
continuing them regularly, I was soon pronounced out of danger, 
and now, in the course of six weeks, am perfectly recovered; and 
as able to work as ever I was in my life, by taking only three half 
crown bottles of these inestimable Drops, two tea-spoonfuls three 
times a day in a gill of new milk. — The truth of the above I am 
ready to attest upon oath, if required, and beg, therefore, you 
would make it public, for the good of mankind in general, and you 
will oblige your very humble servant. 
THOMAS ADLAM. 
P.S. I think it necessary to mention that it was recommended
to me at first taking the Drops, and for two or three times while
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I continued them, to take a dry vomit in a morning fasting, which 
I did at different times, three in the whole; and frequently by way 
of healing my inside, took twenty drops of Balsam of Copivi at 
night, in powder sugar. 
We have known and been acquainted with the said Thomas 
Adlam for these fix years, and can testify his case to be as above 
related, as can also all his neighbours. 
RICHARD WOOF, 
JOHN COUSLADE. 
*** The said Thomas Adlam is malt-maker to Mr. Burbidge, 
school-master, of this city, for whom he has worked these four 
years, who also knows his case to be as above related. 
To Dr. NORRIS, Bridge-street, 
Black-Friars, London. 
Near Salisbury, July 15, 1780. 
SIR,
THOUGH your Drops are particularly adapted for the cure 
of Fevers, they should also be recommended in the strongest 
terms for all complaints in the stomach and bowels, particularly 
of the bilious kind; in which I have known them of the greatest 
service, even after all other means had been tried to very little 
purpose; particularly myself, who for more than a twelvemonth 
past have been so subject to pains in my stomach and bowels, 
which my Doctor often pronounced bilious, that I was totally 
deprived of the pleasure of eating vegetables or fruit of any kind, 
without suffering severely for it; which, as I am very fond of both, 
was a great mortification to me. I had often applied to my doctor 
and apothecary, and took a variety of medicines, and was very 
cautious of what I ate or drank for a whole twelvemonth; now 
and then however trespassing a little, by way of trial, with eating 
a few greens at my dinner, which I happened to do, on finding 
myself tolerably well, about two months ago, when I had some 
company at my table, and in consequence was soon after seized 
with violent pains in my stomach and bowels, for which I was 
going to have recourse to my doctor’s prescription, which I always 
kept by me, and was a temporary relief, when a gentleman present, 
on hearing me tell my complaint, advised me by all means to 
take your Drops, which I had often heard highly spoken of for 
fevers, but never for complaints in the bowels, and had no incli- 
nation to try them; but, however, on his recommending them 
so very strongly, and speaking by experience, I sent for a bottle im- 
mediately, and took half a wine glass of them, drinking a little 
water after it, and in less than a quarter of an hour I found ease, 
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free from pain as ever I was in my life. On this great encourage- 
ment I continued taking them, a spoonful in the morning, and 
another at night, for three days after, which have so totally carried 
off or corrected my disorder, I know not which, that I now have 
the pleasure of eating freely all kinds of vegetables brought to 
table, and fruits in season, as strawberries, raspberries, melons, 
and currants, without finding the least inconvenience from any 
of them, which has made me so happy that I could not avoid ac- 
quainting you of it, that you might, for the benefit of mankind, 
recommend your Drops for complaints in the bowels, as well as 
for curing Fevers. I am so circumstanced that I dare not stand 
forth in public with my name and place of abode, without giving 
offence, or you should have liberty to publish both to all the world;
however, I miss no opportunity of telling my case, and recom- 
mending your inestimable Drops, which I always keep by me, and 
find many of my acquaintance do the same, and happily find their 
account in it. 
I am, SIR, 
Your very humble servant, 
A. B. 
Black-Friars, London, 
To Dr. NORRIS, Bridge-street,
Black-Friars, London. 
To Dr. Norris, in London.
SIR, 
FOR the great and unexpected recovery I have met with from a 
very long and painful illness by the use of your Drops for Fevers, 
I think myself bound in gratitude to return you my most sincere 
and hearty thanks. At the same time I think it proper that you 
should be acquainted with the particulars of my case, as possibly it 
may be of great benefit to others labouring under the same or like 
complaints, and for that purpose you may make it public or not, as 
you think proper. 
It was as follows: — When I was about ten years of age I had a 
disorder in my head, occasioned in the first place by an Ague and 
Fever, which at times was so violent that it impaired my memory, 
and had almost deprived me of my speech, attended with a continual 
fever, frequent cold sweats, weakness and loss of appetite, giddiness, 
shakings, and tremors, particularly in my hands, sometimes to such 
a degree that I could scarce hold a pen to write. I applied to various 
physicians for advice for many years, and took a variety of medicines 
in great abundance, but to very little good effect; for though I 
sometimes found myself a little better, ’twas but of short duration, 
my disorder still returning, and I was as bad as ever. I also drank 
the salt waters, by which finding myself, as I thought, now and
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then a little better, I continued them for a considerable time, but 
never to be well, or free from my complaints, even for a week 
together, ’till some time in May last, seeing Dr. Norris’s Drops 
for Fevers advertised in the Papers, I was willing to try them, and 
accordingly bought of Mess. Collins and Johnson, in Salisbury, a 
half-crown bottle, and took it according to the directions; and 
finding great benefit from them, I purchased another, which re- 
moved the pain in my head entirely, took off the Fever, and quite 
relieved me from the giddiness and trembling, and restored my ap- 
petite; and by the blessing of God, and the efficacy of these Drops, 
I can ride journeys, do my business with pleasure, and, in short, 
have enjoyed for upwards of six months past a better state of health 
than ever I did before, even when at best, for upwards of 30 years. 
I am your very obliged, and 
Obedient humble servant, 
JOHN TULK.
Gosport, Dec. 29, 1778. 
Letter from THOMAS DOBSON, at Mr. ELDERTON's, in Salisbury, 
to Dr. NORRIS, in London. 
SIR,
IN justice to your excellent and most valuable Drops for Fevers 
and Colds, I send you the particulars of my case, which, if you 
think proper, you are welcome to publish for the benefit of others. 
Sometime in the beginning of last winter I caught a violent cold, 
attended with a fever and hoarseness, which reaching my lungs, 
fixed there, and I grew worse daily, till at length I was quite weak, 
much emaciated, and so deprived of my speech, as only to be able 
to speak in a very low, whispering voice, scarcely to be heard by any 
person, though ever so near me; and notwithstanding I tried every 
remedy that could be thought of, I continued thus for more than 
three months, and instead of mending, grew still worse, till at 
length I was got into a very weak and dangerous way. However, 
after every other medicine which I had applied proved unsuccessful, 
I was persuaded to try your Drops, which I took according to the 
directions given with them, and soon found myself begin to grow 
better, and before I had quite finished taking only one bottle, to 
my own and all the family’s astonishment and surprise, I recovered 
the use of my speech, so as one morning, when I arose, T could 
speak as articulately and loud as ever. I continued taking the 
Drops, and daily increased in strength, and now, and for these two 
months past, have been in perfect health, without the least remains 
of my disorder. 
I am, SIR, 
Your very humble servant, 
THOMAS DOBSON. 
Salisbury, 
July 17, 1778.
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The Case of ANN FOYLE, at East Harnham, near Salisbury. 
IN the spring of the year 1779 she was seized with a violent Putrid 
Fever, attended with red and livid spots, that came out all 
over her to a surprising degree, with which she was so extremely ill, 
and full of pain, that she could neither eat or take any rest; while 
in this state, different medicines were given her, but to no purpose, 
and at length she was thought to be past recovery, when her friends 
were advised to give her Dr. Norris’s Drops, which in two or three 
times taking, brought on a plentiful sweat, which gave her ease and 
rest, and by continuing them a few days, and keeping in a moderate 
state of perspiration, the fever was cured, the spots disappeared, 
and by degrees, after being so weakened with the disorder that she 
was not able to get out of her bed, she recovered her strength, and 
is now perfectly well, and in a good state of health. 
She had afterwards a Child taken ill with the same dangerous fe- 
ver, of which so many children have lately died after the measles, 
and knowing the efficacy of these Drops, she gave them to the child 
plentifully, which soon had the desired effect, and surprisingly re- 
covered it, without using any other means than proper care and due 
nursing to prevent catching cold while in a state of perspiration. 
ANN FOYLE. 
The Case of LUCY LAWRENCE, Daughter of William Lawrence, 
in Catherine-street, Salisbury. 
THIS Girl, who is about nine years of age, was seized the 
31st of March, 1779, with a purging and vomiting, attended 
with a fever and sore throat, which in a few days became so violent, 
and had so reduced and weakened her, that it was thought she would 
not live many hours. As there was now no time to be lost, and 
there were but little hopes of life, her parents were persuaded by 
some who had known by experience their good effects, to try Dr. 
Norris’s Drops, which they accordingly did, and by repeating them 
every two hours, two tea-spoonfuls at a time, in a little port wine, 
the child visibly grew better, and by continuing them only a few 
days, the fever was entirely cured, the purging and vomiting stop- 
ped, and she soon after recovered her strength, and grew perfectly 
well; and what is remarkable, she had, before this disorder, (of 
which she was so surprisingly recovered by these Drops) been ge- 
nerally weak and ailing, but now is remarkably well and healthy. 
Mr. Lawrence, a few days before this child was taken, had a boy 
about eight years old, and a girl of five, died of the same fever and 
sore throat, for which, had he been so fortunate as to have given the 
Drops, he verily believes they had been both alive. 
WILLIAM LAWRENCE. 
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The Case of Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mother of the above Children. 
ON the 5th of April, 1779, she was seized with cold chills, and 
a pain in her stomach, which were followed by a putrid or 
malignant fever and sore throat to such a degree, that she could 
scarce speak to be understood, and with great difficulty could swallow 
any thing, and in short was so extremely ill on the third day in the 
evening, that it was thought she could not possibly recover; and 
now the Drops, for the first time, were given, but with some dif- 
ficulty (the throat being almost closed up) they were got down, but 
in such small portions, that she had but little relief, a very painful 
and restless night, and at intervals was thought to be near expiring, 
but happily in the morning the Drops, tho’ got down with such 
difficulty and in small quantities, had so relieved the throat that she 
could speak to be understood, and swallow tolerably easy, and now 
they were given plentifully, a table spoonful at a time, in the like 
quantity of port wine, every half hour, for three hours successively, 
which brought on a plentiful sweat, completely opened the throat, 
and abated the swellings both on the inside and on the out, the 
latter of which were nearly as large as an egg, relieved her from 
all pain, and she was pronounced out of danger, and by conti- 
nuing the Drops for only three days, in small quantities, she was 
quite recovered. It is to be observed, she drank frequently during 
the time of taking the Drops, a glass of strong negus, made of 
Port wine. 
WILLIAM LAWRENCE. 
The Case of Miss CRAVEN, Mantua-maker, in Salisbury. 
IN September, 1778, she found herself in a weak ill state of health, 
attended with lowness of spirits, and loss of appetite and rest, 
occasioned by a continual slow fever, for which she had taken various 
medicines, at different times, for near two months, but finding no 
relief, was recommended to try Dr. Norris’s Drops, which she 
accordingly did, and after taking near two bottles, perceived herself 
much mended, her spirits and appetite in a great measure restored, 
and in consequence took the liberty to acquaint her physician of it, 
who very candidly said, as she had found so much benefit from the 
Drops, he had no objection to her going on with them, which she 
accordingly did for about six weeks, and was perfectly recovered, 
and has been ever since in good health and spirits. 
MARY CRAVEN. 
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The Case of a Child, a Boy about two Years old, Son of Mr. Wood- 
ham, at the Three Swans Inn, in Salisbury. 
HE was taken ill of the measles some time in January, 1779, 
and afterwards with a Putrid Fever, with which he was so
extremely bad and emaciated, that he was thought, both by the 
mother and the nurse, he could not possibly recover, nor even live 
many hours; but, however, while there was life, there were hopes; 
and having heard of the great efficacy of Dr. Norris’s Drops in curing 
Fevers, they sent for a half-crown bottle, and gave it in proper quan- 
tities, according to the directions; but the child being so far gone 
and reduced, the Drops had but little visible effect, and it was 
thought to be actually dying, and that giving it more medicines was 
only tormenting it to no purpose; but, however, the nurse, soon 
after the last of the bottle was given, thought she saw some favour- 
able symptoms of amendment, and therefore desired another bottle 
of the Drops might be immediately sent for, which was complied 
with, and given more freely and frequently than the first, which 
soon had the happy desired effect, by entirely curing the fever, and 
in consequence the child in a few days was well enough, though very 
weak, to be carried into the country for change of air, where it soon 
got perfectly well, recovered its strength, and is now as fine, healthy 
a boy, of his age, as one shall see. 
The Case of WILLIAM COLLIER, Gardener, at Milford, near 
Salisbury. 
IN the month of July, 1778, he was taken ill of a Fever, in 
consequence of catching cold, attended with cold chills, night 
sweats, and a cough, with pains in his limbs, which took away his 
appetite, and so reduced and weakened him, that for several weeks 
he was scarce able to do any thing, and to all appearance was going 
into a consumption; when he was advised to take Dr. Norris’s Drops 
for Fevers, which he accordingly did, and with about three bottles 
his fever was cured, the cough and cold chills and night sweats left 
him, and he daily recovered strength till he got perfectly well, and 
has been in a good state of health ever since. 
WILLIAM COLLIER. 
The Case of JAMES FARR, a Boy of about five Years of Age, Son of 
Mrs. Farr, in the Market-place, Salisbury. 
HE was taken very ill of a Putrid Fever the 14th of April, 1779, 
with symptoms of a sore throat coming on, which being a 
disorder that many persons, children in particular, had lately died 
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efficacy of Dr. Norris’s Drops in curing Fevers, they sent for a 
bottle, and gave them, though very sparingly at first, and seemingly 
with little or no good effect from them, when they were advised to 
increase the quantity to three tea-spoonfuls at a time, and repeat 
them every hour, which they did for several hours successively, and 
thereby brought on a gentle sweat, which was followed by such fa- 
vourable symptoms of recovery, that he was soon after pronounced 
quite out of danger, and by continuing the Drops for some little 
time longer, got perfectly well. 
Mr. Farr himself was soon after taken ill of the like Fever, for 
which he had immediate recourse to Dr. Norris’s Drops, and thereby 
stopped the progress of it, and got well before any dangerous symp- 
toms came on.
The Case of JANE FARR, Daughter of Mr. Farr, Painter, in 
Catherine-street, Salisbury, a Girl about 15 Years of Age. 
IN the month of April, 1779, she was seized with convulsion fits, 
which continued on her for about six hours, and afterwards 
brought on a violent fever and sore throat, (in consequence, ’twas 
supposed, of her attending some relations who had been ill in the 
like fever, &c.) which increased to such a degree, that she was 
thought to be in great danger, and therefore absolutely necessary to 
send for Dr. Norris’s Drops, of which one bottle was given, but 
very sparingly, and seemingly with but little good effect; but on 
giving a second more plentifully, viz. a table-spoonful every hour, 
in a little red Port wine, and drinking negus, baum and sage tea, &c. 
at intervals, (which brought on a moderate perspiration) and by 
continuing to take the Drops for some little time after, the fever 
was quite abated, and she soon recovered, and is now perfectly well, 
and in good health. 
A Son of the above Mr. Farr, a lad about four years old, was 
taken so extremely ill with a Fever and Sore Throat, that there 
were little hopes of his getting over it; and as there was no time 
to be lost in such a dangerous case, a table spoonful of Dr. Norris’s 
Drops were given at once, in a little red Port wine, which threw 
the child into a moderate sweat for some hours, after which the fever 
was greatly abated; and by continuing them to the amount of only 
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The Case of Mr. SAUNDERS, Merchant, at Eling, near Southampton. 
ON Friday the 7th of May, 1779, he was taken so very ill on 
the road with a Fever and Cold Chills, that he was scarce 
able to sit on his horse, and with much pain and difficulty got 
home about four o’clock in the afternoon, and went immediately 
to bed, and continued very ill and restless all the night, and the 
same in the morning, when recollecting he had part of a bottle of 
Dr. Norris’s Drops by him, he took about half a spoonful, accord- 
ing to the directions, and continued taking them every hour ’till 
about noon, when he found himself greatly relieved, and at two 
o’clock was well enough to get up, and, after taking some refresh- 
ment, to go in a post-chaise to Romsey market; on Monday he 
was perfectly recovered, and on Tuesday rode to Salisbury on 
horseback, and home again. 
The Case of HANNAH HAM, in Endless-street, Salisbury, between 
60 and 70 Years of Age. 
SOME time in February, 1779, after being very ill of an In- 
flammatory Fever for about a week, without any symptoms of 
getting better, she was desired to have some advice, but declined 
it, saying she was old, and in a decay, and thought, in her weak 
state, physic could be but of little or no service; and thus she con- 
tinued, 'till prevailed on by a neighbour to try Dr. Norris’s Drops, 
which she did, and, by continuing them for a little time, accord- 
ing to the directions, they not only cured her of the fever, but also 
of other complaints, and set her up; and she has been perfectly 
well ever since.
The Mark X of HANNAH HAM. 
The Case of SARAH EABERY, Servant to Mr. Farr, in Salisbury. 
ON the 12th of April, 1779, she was seized with a vomiting 
and purging, which was followed by a violent Fever and Sore 
Throat, of which she was so extremely ill, that he was obliged to 
take to her bed, when very alarming symptoms coming on, and 
she appearing to be in a very dangerous way, ’twas thought pru- 
dent to send for Dr. Norris’s Drops, which were given her, a 
table spoonful at a time, in the like quantity of Port wine, and 
repeated almost every hour for eight hours, drinking, at intervals, 
red wine negus, made pretty strong, which brought on a moderate 
sweat, abated the fever, relieved the complaint in her throat, and 
carried off her pain, and by continuing the Drops in smaller quan- 
tities, two or three times a day, she was enabled to get up and 
walk about, and soon got perfectly well. 
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The Case of a Child, about two Years old, Daughter of Mrs. KIDD,
Mantua-maker, in Salisbury. 
IN the month of March, 1779, it was taken ill of the measles, 
which were followed by a violent Fever, that continued upon 
her for several weeks, in which time various medicines were given, 
and all means that could be thought of used for its recovery, but 
to no purpose, and there were very little hopes of life, when re- 
course was immediately had to Dr. Norris’s Drops, which being 
given three or four times a day in baum and sage tea, they happily 
threw out the disorder in small eruptions all over her; in conse- 
quence the fever was soon abated, and by continuing the Drops a 
few days, the child was quite recovered, and has been in a good 
state of health ever since. 
R. KIDD. 
Appleton, mar Fighelden, Wilts, 
July 18, 1780.
SIR, 
GRATITUDE obliges me to send you my case, to do justice 
to your Drops. About Michaelmas last I was suddenly 
seized with a violent pain in one of my knees, which increased and 
settled in my legs and right hand, and rendered me so weak and 
infirm, that I was not able to walk without crutches, nor to lift 
my hand up to my head for six weeks. In this miserable condi- 
tion, Mr. Miles, of Netherhaven, not far from where I live, who 
had been cured of the rheumatism, of many years standing, by 
your Drops, prevailed on me to try them, which I accordingly 
did, and after taking about five half-crown bottles, (which I sent 
for to Messrs. Collins and Johnson, in Salisbury) I recovered the 
use of my limbs, and soon after my usual health and strength, and 
have now the satisfaction to inform you, that, by the blessing of 
God, and the use of your inestimable Drops alone, for I took no- 
thing else, (that did me any sort of good) I am as well and able to 
do business as ever I was in my life, which I desire you will pub- 
lish for the benefit of others. 
I am, SIR, 
Your very humble servant, 
RICHARD PIPER.
To Dr. NORRIS, in Bridge-street, 
Black-Friars, London. 

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SIR, 
TO be silent where the health of mankind vs concerned, I deem 
a crime; must therefore return you my sincere thanks for 
the great benefit my wife received from the use of Dr. Norris’s 
justly esteemed Fever Drops. She was attacked with a malignant 
fever, so bad, that she became delirious. I applied to very skillful 
persons, whose medicines she took to no good purpose, and they 
and myself gave her up for death; but seeing your Drops advertised 
by so many people, sent for a half-crown bottle of them, and on 
taking the first dose according to the directions, in half an hour it 
brought on a moderate sweat, which terminated in a sound sleep; 
I followed your directions, gave another dose, and within six hours 
every dangerous symptom was removed, which in a few days en- 
tirely took away the fever, and by the use of one small bottle and 
a half only, she was quite restored to a good state of health, and 
has remained so ever since. I shall be ready and willing to satisfy 
any person who chuses to be further informed of the truth of the 
above, and am, Sir, with gratitude and respect, 
Your very humble servant, 
JOHN CORBIN.
Corfe Castle, Oct. 9, 1780. 
To Mr. Wm. Ingram, to be forwarded to Dr. Norris. 
Corfe Castle, Oct. 14, 1780. 
SIR,
IN the beginning of the summer I was taken in a cold chill, and 
a violent pain in all my limbs, and in a few days I had in a 
great measure lost the use of them; and it was generally feared and 
believed, that without a speedy relief I should never recover them. 
At the same time I was assisted with a violent intermitting fever, 
for which I took various medicines, but could get no relief, ’till I 
was persuaded to make trial of Dr. Norris’s Drops, which I did, 
and to the great surprise of all about me, I found almost instant 
benefit, and by the time I had taken only one half-crown bottle, I 
thought myself perfectly safe; but by my neglecting to take more, 
I found my disorder hastily returning, upon which I immediately 
sent for another bottle, and took it according to the directions, and 
by the blessing of God am perfectly recovered. 
You have my consent and desire to make the above public for 
the good of others; 
Who am, Sir, your most humble servant, 
ELIZABETH BENFIELD. 
To Dr. NORRIS, in Bridge-street, 
Black Friary London. 
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Extract of a Letter from a Gentlewoman at Shrivenham in Berkshire, 
to her Friend in Salisbury, dated the 9th of March, 1780. 
WE received Dr. Norris’s Drops in good time, for my little 
boy was very ill indeed with a violent fever and cough, 
and at intervals light-headed, and could not get a moment’s rest, 
till I gave him the Drops, which I did the first night after I received 
them, a tea-spoonful in half a glass of water, which threw him 
into a gentle sweat, stopped the cough, and he had a very good 
night of it, and in the morning he had little or no fever, and has 
ever since had his usual good health and spirits. Were they not so 
expensive, I should be inclined to give them to the poor people of 
the parish, as I make no doubt but they would have the desired 
effect in fevers, coughs, and sore throats, especially of the putrid 
kind, of which such numbers have lately died; and ’tis surprising 
they are not more generally made use of, owing, I suppose, to their 
virtues not being sufficiently known. 
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman near Sherborne, Dorset, to his 
Friend in Salisbury, August 14, 1780. 
MY dear little boy, Jack, on Wednesday was taken exceeding 
ill with a violent fever. I thought of Norris’s Drops, and 
administered them three times during the afternoon and night, a 
tea-spoonful at a time, with rather more cold water. They had 
such a good effect, that the child found almost immediate benefit 
from them, and the next day was as well as ever. He was so ill 
and weak two hours after the fever took him, as not to be able to 
stand; but is now as playful as ever. 
Extract of a Letter from PORTSMOUTH, dated Oct. 13, 1780. 
NUMBERS of people have within these few days been dange- 
rously ill in these parts of a prevailing disorder in the stomach, 
with pains in the bowels, followed by a flux, which have proved fatal 
to many. In these complaints Dr. Norris’s Drops have been found 
of infinite service; especially when taken in time, they have never 
failed of a cure. 
Swanage, Isle of Purbeck, in the County of 
Dorset, Oct. 26, 1780. 
SIR, 
IN the month of March last I was taken in a violent cold, 
shivering chill, which in a short time benumbed all my limbs 
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wards the numbness turned to such a severe throbbing and shooting 
from head to foot, that I was in the most excruciating pain, when 
hearing of the many cures done by Dr. Norris’s Drops, I sent to 
you for a half-crown bottle, which I took at three times, and found 
great benefit by the first dose, which brought on a moderate sweat, 
and gave me ease in my limbs in less than an hour, and, by the 
blessing of God, I was perfectly recovered, without using any more 
than one half-crown bottle, which I verily believe was the saving 
my life. 
My neighbour, William Roberts, was taken about the same time 
in the very same disorder, and I make no doubt but he would have 
been now living had Dr. Norris’s Drops been administered in pro- 
per time, but, alas! it was neglected, and he died. 
I am so sensible that, under God, my life has been prolonged by 
the efficacy of those Drops, that I cannot hear of a cure wrought 
by them since, without shedding tears of gratitude. Pray publish 
this, as I hope it will be a means of restoring others, as well as, 
Sir, your most obedient humble servant, 
JOSEPH COLLINS, Jun. 
To Mr. William Ingram, Corfe Castle, to be 
forwarded to Dr. Norris, &c. 
Studland, Isle of Purbeck, in the County of 
Dorset, Oct. 30, 1780. 
SIR,
IN the month of March last I was seized with what is called a 
Malignant Fever, and in a short time became so exceeding bad 
and delirious, that my life was despaired of by all who saw me. 
At the same time it being well known by most people in the parish 
that my neighbour, Mrs. Short, had a little time before been restored 
from the like dreadful disorder by using Dr. Norris’s Drops, it was 
thought advisable by those who attended me to make trial of them, 
on me also, which was done, according to the printed directions, 
as speedily as a messenger, who was dispatched to you for a bottle, 
could return with it; and, I thank God, it had the desired effect 
of restoring me to a perfect state of health, which I have enjoyed 
ever since. 
I wish to make this public for the good of all who may be afflicted 
with the like dreadful disorder; and am, Sir, 
Your most humble servant, 
ROSE SUMMERS. 
To Mr. William Ingram, Corfe Castle, to be 
forwarded to Dr. Norris, &c. 
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The Case of ETSHER VANN, a married Woman at Long Lawford, 
in Warwickshire. 
IN June 1780, I was taken very ill with cold chills, followed by 
a slow fever, attended with shortness of breath, and an ex- 
ceeding great pain in my stomach and bowels, especially on my 
left side, quite to my heart, which continued for some time, and 
my legs swelled very much. I was ordered by my apothecary 
to let blood, which I thought gave me a little ease; but in about 
three days after was taken in the same manner as before, which con- 
tinued to grow worse, and lasted for a long time, which rendered 
me so weak and bad, that I was obliged to keep my bed, and then 
could get no ease unless I was bolstered up, for I could not lie 
down, and was incapable of helping myself. I desired my husband 
to go to an eminent physician in Leicestershire, and he told me 
that my disorder was a very deep consumption, and he thought that 
I could not live long; he sent me medicines, but all I took made 
me worse: under this pain I laboured for the course of two months, 
or more, which made all who saw me despair of my life; when I 
had the happiness to see, in the Northampton Mercury, a cure per- 
formed by Dr. Norris’s Fever Drops, that answered exactly to my 
own complaint, which gave me so much hopes, that I was resolved 
to try them at all events. Accordingly I sent for one bottle to try 
the experiment, which I took in the following manner; at first I 
took two spoonfuls of the Drops in some herb tea every three hours, 
which occasioned me to discharge a great deal of very nauseous cor- 
rupted matter, and so thick, that I had the greatest difficulty to spit 
it out of my mouth, which continued almost all the while I took 
the first bottle; but before I had finished the second bottle, was so 
far recovered, that I was able to go about, to the great amazement 
of all my neighbours, who before had given me over; and am now, 
thank God, able to go about my business, and be of service to my 
family. And this I acknowledge to be the true state of my case, 
which I beg you to make public, for the good of those who may be 
afflicted like myself.
Witnesses to the above Cure. 
ESTHER VANN. 
Wm. TOWNSEND,
JAMES BLISS, 
RICH. WYKES,
Jiggin-street, Salisbury, Jan. 20, 1781.  
SIR, 
ABOUT Michaelmas last I was taken with a violent rheu- 
matism, which affected me from my collar bone down to my 
left arm, which was rendered almost useless, so that I was not able 
to raise myself up in my bed without the most racking pain. I 
tried many things that were recommended as certain cures for it,
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but without any good effect, ’till at last I was induced to take your 
Fever Drops, which soon carried off all my pains, and greatly re- 
lieved me in a bilious disorder, which I had been continually trou- 
bled with, and for which all the medicines the physicians could 
prescribe afforded me little relief. l am ready to testify the benefits 
I have received for the satisfaction of others, who may be afflicted 
with the like disorders. 
I am, Sir, your humble servant, 
Wm. CARTER. 
To Dr. NORRIS, New Bridge-street, London. 
Sherborne, April 8, 1781.
SIR, 
THE inclosed letter * would have been transmitted to you some 
days ago, but that it was mislaid. The extending the sale 
of Dr. Norris’s Drops more generally, by means of a correspon- 
dent in Cornwall, may be the happy means of preserving many 
valuable lives, as the time a letter is coming to Sherborne, and 
compleating an order, would be too late in many cases to afford 
due trial in fevers. I submit it, therefore, to your consideration, 
whether a person appointed in a central situation, or in different, 
places, would not be attended with much good to the community 
in that county. The writer of the letter enclosed is a gentleman 
of considerable property, and lives at St. Ethe, near Lestwithiel, 
and I think the hint given by him should not be neglected. Were 
persons appointed to sell the medicine in those parts, I dare say the 
sale would be much increased: they have done great service in this 
neighbourhood — I speak from experience, 
And am, with great respect,
Sir, your humble servant, 
W. C. 
To Dr. NORRIS,
New Bridge-street, London.
* A letter from Mr. Quicke, a gentleman of fortune, at St. Ethe, near Lestwithiel, 
in Cornwall, for a few bottles of Dr. Norris’s Drops, and recommending them to 
be sold in some of the principal places in that county, where a great many might 
be disposed of, as they are in great esteem, if they could be easily come at. 
SIR, 
IN the beginning of November last I was taken ill with a cold 
and violent cough, attended with a spitting of thick glutinous 
matter, of which I grew worse daily for near a fortnight, when a 
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violent fever coming on, attended with a total loss of appetite and 
rest, I applied to an able apothecary for his assistance, who did what 
he could for me, but to no purpose, and I still grew worse, and 
at length was so bad, that my friends and neighbours thought there 
were little hopes of my recovery. In this situation I was advised 
by all means to try Dr. Norris’s Drops for Fevers, which I accord- 
ingly did, and in a few days, to my great comfort, found myself 
surprisingly better, my fever left me, and in about a fortnight I 
was able to get up, after having been confined to my bed for more 
than a month; and as the spring came on, I recovered my strength, 
and am now, by the blessing of God and the help of your Drops, 
perfectly recovered; and in as good health as ever I was in my life, 
now in my 53d year, which I wish to have made public for the good 
of others, who, like me, may be near unto death, and recovered 
by these inestimable Drops. 
I am your humble servant, 
ELIZABETH OAK. 
Salisbury, May 21, 1781. 
P.S. I must also inform you, that when I began taking the 
Drops, my stomach being full of phlegm, I was advised to take 
a dry vomit, which I did, and repeated it two or three times, 
which gave me some relief, but the fever still continued ’till I could 
take the Drops regular, according to the directions, and then it 
soon left me. 
A gentlewoman in my neighbourhood, whose name I am not 
authorized to mention, was cured of the same disorder, which she 
had long laboured under, by your Drops, though she did not begin 
taking them ’till there were but very little hopes of her ever being 
well; and though she does not chuse to have her name appear pub- 
licly in print, she tells every body of her surprising recovery by 
your Drops. She had the like complaint in her stomach, and took 
the dry vomit for it two or three times in the week of her first be- 
ginning to take the Drops. 
To Dr. NORRIS, New Bridge-street, 
Black-Friars, London. 
To Dr. NORRIS. 
SIR, 
IT is not less my inclination than my duty to offer you my sincere 
acknowledgments for the return of my daughter’s health by the 
sole use of your excellent Drops. 
It is fifteen weeks ago this day, that she was taken with a violent 
fever and cold chills. I applied to several of the faculty eminent 
in their profession, who humanely gave their advice and medicines,
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but without success, and the disorder settling in her throat, deprived 
her of swallowing any thing more than a little thin gruel or tea; 
she continued in this deplorable situation above six weeks, living 
entirely upon liquids: she could not eat any thing even of the softest 
kind. 
She daily grew worse, and being much reduced, I considered her 
as lost. In this situation, I happily met with Mrs. Farr, in Ca- 
therine-street, (several of whose children owe their lives to your 
Drops;) she advised my giving the girl your Drops; I accordingly 
applied them, but with little hopes of success; she has continued 
taking them ’till this time, and I am happy to tell you her throat 
is almost well, and her strength and spirits are quite recovered. -
I beg leave to return my hearty thanks for this remarkable cure, 
and shall be happy to satisfy any enquirer of the truth hereof. 
I am, Sir, 
Your humble servant,
ELIZ. BISHOP. 
Rolestone-street, Salisbury, 
July 4, 1781. 
Salisbury, Oct. 12,1781. 
SIR, 
FOR the benefit of others, and the good of mankind in gene- 
ral, I send you the particulars of my case, for you to publish 
or not, as you think proper. In the month of May last I was 
seized with a vomiting, attended with cold chills and a fever, and 
soon after lost the use of all my limbs, and laid in a most deplora- 
ble condition near seven weeks; in which time I had recourse to 
the best advice, and took variety of medicines, that were pre- 
scribed for me from time to time, but all to no purpose, and was 
at length so exceedingly bad that I many times was thought to be 
dying. In this seemingly irrecoverable state, I was advised to take 
Dr. Norris’s Drops, which I did, and, by the blessing of God, 
they gave me surprising relief, for in two or three days I could 
move my limbs, and in a fortnight was able to walk my room with 
crutches, and am now, and have been for some time, to the asto- 
nishment of all who knew the dismal situation I was in, quite re- 
covered, and as well as ever; which I am ready to satisfy any one 
of, whom you may recommend to me, that shall in the least doubt 
the truth of it. 
I am your humble servant, 
SARAH SPAGGS. 
To Dr. NORRIS, Bridge-Street, 
Black-Friar, London. 
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To Dr. Norris, New Bridge-street, London. 
SIR, 
IT is some time since I wrote to you on the merits of your inesti- 
mable Fever Drops, not for want of matter to communicate, as 
a day seldom passes without my either hearing or knowing of their 
usual success in fevers, ulcerated sore throats, bilious vomitings, 
excruciating pains of the bowels, sickness of the stomach, agues, 
pleuretic pains, &c. for, indeed, I do not recollect one instance in 
which they have failed, in the speedy cure of these disorders, when 
properly administered. Would the patient, on the first alarm, 
take the Drops freely, promoting their operation by warm liquids 
as directed, they will soon abate the fever, and prevent the danger 
and anguish which might otherwise be expected, not to mention 
the great saving of expence that attends the usual dilatory process. 
A niece of mine who suckles her child was lately seized with a 
cold shivering, attended with all the symptoms that Physicians al- 
low to indicate a putrid fever; such as great pains in the head, 
quick and obstructed pulse, extreme lowness, yellowish com- 
plexion, &c. She took the Drops on the first day of her com- 
plaint, drinking wine-whey as ordered in the directions, and be- 
came quite well in three or four days. The infant, appearing in- 
disposed, was soon reinstated in its former health by giving a little 
of the Drops in milk. But these being the ordinary and well- 
known effects of this noble medicine, the more immediate occa- 
sion of this letter arises from a desire to communicate a new case, 
which I consider of the utmost consequence to parents who wish to 
preserve the health and life of their children. 
A child of mine, about six years of age, from being warm at 
play, and afterwards remaining inactive in the cold, with his bo- 
som open, was seized with a dreadful malady which seems to want 
a name in this country, tho' very common to children, and which in 
Scotland is called the Croup We were called up in the middle of 
the night with an account that the child was very bad in his throat. 
Being in the next room, I could hear but too plainly the same 
noise, in his breathing and attempting to cough, that attended 
another child of mine, who died about 16 years ago of a similar 
complaint, long before I had the happiness of knowing any thing 
of your Drops, but which I am confident, had they been pre- 
sent, would have saved him also. We lost no time, but sent at 
midnight into town for the Drops. The suffocation increased so 
fast that we were apprehensive the messenger would return too late. 
In this distress, I luckily found some of the Drops in a cupboard, 
and immediately gave a table-spoonful in a little sage tea, and a 
draught of warm sage tea a little after, and repeated the same quan- 
tity of Drops and tea in a quarter of an hour; when, putting my 
hand on his chest, I found a fine sweat coming on; as this ad- 
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vanced, his agony abated, and, by the time the servant arrived 
with the Drops, the child, instead of a hoarse whisper, could speak 
tolerably articulate that “he was better,” Within an hour he 
could breathe and cough more freely, and was able to expectorate 
the toughest phlegm I had ever seen. We were all astonished to 
find how soon after taking the Drops the matter that was choking 
him began to loosen; he could now bear to lie down, and fell fast 
asleep, continuing so ’till morning in a moderate perspiration. We 
diminished the Drops gradually, and by breakfast-time the child 
was free from complaint. Such a demonstration of the sovereign 
power of this medicine over a disease that is little short of sudden 
death, made me anxiously desirous that none might be ignorant 
of the remedy, an inestimable remedy, that is at once a preventa- 
tive and cure; for if the cure be not speedily applied, there is no 
time for speculation, death is at the door, and the patient is quickly 
lost; for which reason, people who would act prudently should not 
neglect to have the Drops always by them. 
If I have been prolix, candour will admit my apology; being 
actuated by an earnest desire of saving the dear children of tender 
parents from a disorder that may as soon cut down the darling heir 
of the first family in the kingdom as the child of a peasant. 
I am, with great esteem, Sir, 
Your humble servant,
ARTHUR SAWIER. 
Bristol, Dec. 18, 1781.  
St. Ann's-street, Salisbury, Jan. 22, 1782. 
SIR, 
FOR many years I have been constantly troubled, at the fall, 
with a bilious disorder in my stomach and bowels, for which 
I had frequent advice, and took variety of medicines, but without 
effect; so I sent my case to a physician in town, whom I had be- 
fore consulted, and desired him to let his apothecary make up his 
prescription, and send it me down, which he did, and I took it 
accordingly, and found relief for a little time, but still my disorder 
returned, and I was rather worse than better, which induced me 
to go to town, and consult him again; when, after my telling him 
what little good effect his former prescription had, he altered it, 
and ordered other medicines to be taken and continued, which I 
complied with, and found myself at first taking them a little easier 
for a short time, but last autumn I was worse than ever. I grew 
thin, and lost both my spirits and appetite to such a degree, that 
I did no business with pleasure, and loathed even the sight of food. 
While in this very bad way, I happened to call in upon a friend,
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who perceiving me much out of order, asked me what was the 
matter: I told him the nature of my complaint, and that I had 
advice for it for some time, both in London and the country, and 
was then taking the Doctor’s prescription, but found only a little 
temporary relief; upon which he recommended me to try your 
Drops: I told him I had never heard they were good for my dis- 
order; he allured me he had been informed of many who had 
been long troubled with bilious complaints, entirely cured by them 
in a very little time, which induced me to try them, and accor- 
dingly I began taking them immediately, a table-spoonful at a 
time, in a small wine glass of cold water, night and morning, and 
finding myself getting better very fast, I continued them for some 
days, and was surprisingly relieved. I then was advised, in order 
that the Drops might work a more speedy and effectual cure, to 
take a dry puke, which I did, and in about four or five days after, 
took another, still continuing the Drops, which I have the plea- 
sure to tell you have set me up, and I am now, I bless God, as 
well as ever I was in my life, which I am thus particular in ac- 
quainting you of, for the good of others who may be afflicted with 
my complaint, which in all probability would have been fatal to 
me, had I not very fortunately been prevailed on to take your 
Drops, which from the extraordinary cure they have wrought upon 
me, in so short a time, I can’t help thinking them an almost in- 
fallible remedy for bilious disorders; and am, Sir, 
Your very humble servant, 
N. G. 
To Dr. Norris, Bridge-street, 
Black Friars, London. 
To Dr. Norris. 
SIR, 
I SEND you the following plain relation of the cure your Drops 
have performed on my wife. 
It is perhaps necessary to mention, that for upwards of ten yeans 
prior to the time of taking your Drops, she had an irregular dis- 
charge of the m - s, attended with excruciating pains in her 
loins and side particularly, judged to proceed from a fall from her 
horse when eight months gone with child, and the unskilful treat- 
ment of the Doctor in her miscarriage: the flux was in a less or 
greater degree almost continual, and often so violent, that she was 
obliged to have two, and sometimes three physicians together -  
Under these distressing circumstances, she was seized about Christ- 
mas, 1779, with an inflammation in her right side; the doctor,
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amongst his other prescriptions, ordered three large blisters suc- 
cessively on the part affected; from this acute case she was restored, 
but only, as it were, to undergo a more lingering death, for she 
fell immediately into so rapid a decline, that in less than six weeks 
she was unable to dress or undress herself, and was obliged to be 
bolstered up in bed, not being able to draw breath if she lay down: 
In this deplorable state a friend brought me a half-guinea bottle of 
your Drops, strongly pressing me to administer them, which I did, 
more from a hope to render her dissolution easy, than the least ex- 
pectation of their effecting a cure. — To be short, Sir, before she 
had taken all the bottle my friend gave me, which was admini- 
stered after the rate of a table-spoonful in double the quantity of 
new milk the first thing in the morning and the last at night, she 
was able, by leaning on my arm, to walk into the garden; and 
in about three months, by continuing the use of them in the same 
manner, she was perfectly restored to health, and has ever since 
not only been regular, but never experienced a day’s illness, save 
the common accidents of catching a little cold, when the Drops 
always relieved her. — This I request you will add to your cata- 
logue of cures, as it may be a means of saving the lives of many. 
I am. Sir, &c. 
M. BAKER. 
Great Smith-street, Westminster, 
20th July, 1782. 
To Dr. NORRIS. 
SIR, 
BARBARA JENKINS, laundress, of this city, was taken 
with a violent shivering and fever, on Midsummer-day last, 
which continued increasing ’till the 30th of June, when symptoms 
of putrefaction were rapidly advancing, and all hopes of her reco- 
very were given up. The apothecary who was called in declined 
his visits, after once seeing her condition. 
Your Drops, in this deplorable state, were administered to her; 
from the very first dose she began to recover; and two bottles re- 
stored her to health. 
Sarah Johnson, her servant, and Elizabeth Thomas, a lodger, 
were both seized with the same disorder, and in as violent a man- 
ner. They also were happily recovered by the use of your 
Drops. They were all delirious, and all considered as irreco- 
verable. 
I know how far the publication of such cases operates, when 
they are well authenticated; and I trust, as these are facts, those
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who attend on any afflicted in like manner, will not fail admini- 
stering your Drops. 
I am, SIR, 
Your most humble servant,
RICH. CRUTTWELL. 
Bath, Aug. 9, 1782. 
To Dr. NORROS. 
SIR, 
NOT having the pleasure of knowing you personally, the 
reader must credit me in saying, I cannot have any other 
inducement than solely to exonerate myself from what I conceive 
an incumbent duty to the world, and in justice to your Drops for 
Fevers, &c. when I desire you will add to your other cases the fol- 
lowing testimony of their inestimable worth, being some, among 
the first of the very many instances wherein I have experienced 
their efficacy. 
About five years ago being at Bristol, I heard much of the many 
extraordinary cures performed there by Dr. Norris’s Drops for 
Fevers, &c. and was advised by a friend never to be without them; 
I accordingly bought half a dozen bottles, which I carried home 
with me, from whence I had been absent about a week; on my 
return (to Bayford, near Wincanton, in Somersetshire, my then 
place of residence, but have since retired from business to this place) 
I found my daughter’s servant girl dead of a Putrid Fever, and my 
own servant boy, then about fourteen years of age, so bad of the 
same distemper, that the apothecary had told them he could do no 
more for him; I immediately went up stairs, and found him very 
bad indeed, covered all over with red or purple spots, and quite 
delirious; yet, notwithstanding death was so near, I applied the 
Drops according to the directions, mixed with Madeira wine, and 
after giving him about three table-spoonfuls, he seemed inclined 
to sleep; I then went to bed, ordering one of my servants to call 
me, if she discovered any alteration; he slept about three hours, 
when the servant called me up, telling me he was almost choked 
with a sore throat; I then arose, and gave him a tea-spoonful of 
the Drops alone, repeating it every quarter of an hour, for the 
space of an hour, when he again fell asleep, and awoke in about 
another hour with his throat quite well: I then administered the 
Drops as at first, with, plenty of sack whey, and strong rum and 
water, so much, that in twenty-four hours he had taken two five 
shilling bottles of the Drops, a bottle of Madeira wine made into 
whey, and two half-pint tumblers of strong rum and water; in- 
deed I could not keep him alive, but by often giving the Drops 
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and whey; he now fell asleep again for upwards of four hours, 
and all the time in a fine sweat, from which he awoke perfectly 
composed, and the fever seemed quite gone; I now gave him a 
tea-spoonful of the Drops, every three or four hours, to prevent a 
relapse, and in a fortnight’s time he was able to do his business as 
well as ever. 
During the summer I had a great number of harvest people at 
work for me, the greatest part of whom, were seized with the same 
disorder as the above boy; as Soon as any were taken ill, I gave 
them a table-spoonful of the Drops in an equal quantity of Madeira 
wine, and all that took them in that manner were able to come to 
work again the next day; but three or four, that obstinately refu- 
sed to take them for a day or two, ’till they were very bad, were ge- 
nerally a fortnight before they recovered well enough to go to 
work; I also gave some to several poor people in the parish, who 
all did well without exception; but before I brought the Drops 
there, great numbers had died; — one neighbour of mine lost three 
children by the same fever. 
Wishing (from motives of humanity) your Drops to be univer- 
sally known, I remain, Sir, 
Your very humble servant, 
EDMUND HARVEY, 
Nov. 20, 1782. 
Upper-street, near the Church, Islington. 
N.B. This Gentleman is the same person who recommended 
the Drops in the following case. 
To Dr. NORRIS. 
SIR, 
IN discharge of that duty I owe to mankind, as well as in justice 
to you, the inventor of that incomparable Medicine, your 
Drops for Fevers, &c. you have not only my permission, but re- 
quest you would make as public as possible the following particu- 
lars, being the case of my wife, who, from their effects alone, has 
been restored to health, when there was not a gleam of hope left. 
In June, 1780, being near four months gone with child, with- 
out the enjoyment of one day’s health, and continuing to grow worse 
and worse daily, she was then seized with a violent shivering fit, 
succeeded by a continual fever and ague, together with a swelling 
of her legs; under all these alarming circumstances, I applied to 
Dr. Cogan, (then of Bow Church-yard, but formerly of Pater- 
noster-row) who accordingly wrote for her, and continued so to do 
week after week, without success; decreasing daily in health and 
strength, and unable to bear any thing on her stomach, soon 
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brought her to such a state of debility, that she could not stand 
alone; the fever now settling in both her breasts, attended with a 
violent pain in her right side. Dr. Cogan ordered her into the 
country, where she was for ten days, but still growing worse, re- 
turned home, and was bled by Mr. Parkinson, of Whitechapel, 
who desired that the gentleman whom we intended should lay her 
might see the blood, which was in such a state, that several others 
of the faculty, who saw it, said, there was not the least hope of 
her recovery; this was in August: — ln twenty-one days from 
the time she was bled, the fever began to abate of its violence, but 
left such a soreness in the inside, that the patient could not eat any 
thing ’till she was almost starved; the daily enquiries of her friends 
were now to know whether she was dead or alive; however, to 
the astonishment of all, she was delivered at eight months of a 
male child; this was on the 31st of October. - On the 16th day 
after being brought to bed, she entirely lost the use of her speech 
and limbs, the fever returning again more violent, if possible, than 
ever; she had also a continual vomiting, and total obstruction of 
the urinary passage, which was followed by a violent diabetes; the 
Doctor continued prescribing frequently twice, and often three 
times a day; at the end of the month he ordered her to Islington, 
telling me at the same time he had no hope of her recovery. On 
the 28th of November we got her into a coach, her nurse and 
mother supporting her with pillows, and applying cold water and 
salts all the way. After being at Islington five days, I was advised, 
by a Mr. Harvey, a gentleman in the same house with us, and 
who had in numberless instances experienced the virtues of your 
Drops, to make trial of them; accordingly the same day, (Dec. 2) 
with the consent of her friends, as well as Dr. Cogan, who had 
now given her over, I applied to you in person for some of the 
Drops, relating the case as well as time would permit, being drove- 
to the last moment, having taken, as I thought at leaving her, my 
last farewell: Immediately on my return, being now difficult to 
distinguish whether she had life in her, we got down fifteen drops 
in two tea-spoonfuls of water, repeating it every quarter of an 
hour for two hours and a half, when all parties present, viz. her 
mother, nurse, two other friends, and myself, imagined they dis- 
covered a change in her, which induced us to enlarge the dose to a 
tea-spoonful every half hour, when we observed the diabetes to 
decrease gradually; this we continued for that day and night; in- 
deed she had taken the Drops but a very few hours when she fan- 
cied, and ate a table-spoonful of boiled turnips, which her stomach 
bore, though it bad not done so much for more than five months 
before; the next day she craved and ate some roast beef, with im- 
punity; in less than five days the fever was entirely gone, her 
strength daily increased, and sleep returned. After taking only 
half a dozen five shilling bottles, we returned to town (December 
26, 1780) in perfect health, and have so remained to this hour. 
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When Dr. Cogan saw the astonishing benefit reaped by this 
medicine, he said I ought, in justice to the Author, ever after to 
call them the Golden Drop. 
I have been rather prolix in my relation, but it was impossible 
to be otherwise, and do your invaluable Drops justice, the which 
is so far from being exaggerated in the least instance, that I am 
ready to make oath to the truth of it, as a further satisfaction to 
any who may be doubtful. 
I am, Sir, &c. 
CHA. COTTERELL,
Jan. 2, 1783.  
China-man, No. 9, Mansion-house-street. 
To Dr. Norris.
SIR, 
HAVING lately received so much benefit from your valuable 
Drops, I should not do you justice, nor the public, if I 
did not acknowledge the same. Some time since I was exceeding 
bad with a rheumatic gout in my stomach, attended with a very 
high fever; I applied to the faculty; who, no doubt, did their 
best, but gave me no relief: Very luckily one of my acquaintance 
recommended your Drops, which I sent for to your house, and 
took them, agreeable to the instructions, in a glass of red Port; 
and I do now absolutely declare they gave me astonishing relief im- 
mediately, and by a few times taking, it done away every pain, 
and the fever attending. 
I am, with respect, Sir, 
Your very humble servant, 
G. MOSS. 
Vauxhall, Dec. 9, 1782. 
To Dr. NORRIS. 
SIR, 
ABOUT three years ago I was seized with the following dread-
ful disorder: After getting up very well in the morning, and 
eating a hearty breakfast, I was taken in a moment with an into- 
lerable sickness at stomach, horrid reachings, and a violent head 
and back ache, followed by cold chills, &c. I was immediately 
put to bed, and my mother thinking it might proceed from a cold, 
gave me something to make me sweat, but it had not the desired 
effect; she sat up with me all night, supplying me with warm 
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drinks, but I became so delirious, that It was with much difficulty 
I could be kept in bed. The next day my father sent for a phy- 
sician, who attended me fourteen weeks without success, declaring 
he never, in the whole course of his practice, met with so uncom- 
mon a disorder. I have been taken in the short space of ten mi- 
nutes, from the time of being seized with the cold chills, with such 
a violent burning heat, that I felt like a coal of fire to those who 
touched me, my tongue cleaving to the roof of my mouth, so that 
I was obliged to make signs for drink, not being able to ask for 
it. In this state I used to drink several quarts of mint and baum 
tea, which frequently brought on a perspiration as violent as the 
heat which preceded it, while it lasted; I then generally fell into a 
sleep, or rather trance, for four or five hours, and when I awoke, 
my attendants were terrified at the wildness of my looks. 
I forgot to mention, in place, that during the violent reach- 
ings, which were always the dreadful prelude to the cold chills, 
&c. I have been in such strong convulsions, that I shook the very 
room I lay in, my head and jaws, legs and arms, alternately 
working so violently, that no two persons could hold me; when 
this subsided I lay, in all appearance to those about me, as dead; 
then followed the cold chills and burning heat, as before related — 
to be sure it is impossible to describe what I suffered. My physi- 
cian now said it was useless to give me anymore medicines, and 
advised my removal to Islington, that if change of air had no effect, 
he thought I could not live a fortnight longer, and desired I might 
eat and drink any thing I fancied, no matter what! I found no 
benefit from change of air, but to the contrary got worse and 
worse, attended with a spitting of blood, In this deplorable con- 
dition my father was advised by a friend to try your Drops — he did 
so—and gave them agreeable to the directions, but not finding the 
hoped-for benefit, requested you would come and see me, which 
you did, but on examination of my case, said you thought it out 
of the power of medicine to assist me, being so reduced, you did 
not think nature could holdout three days longer, and accordingly 
left me; but struck with an idea (at returning home) that the
Drops had not been administered in quantity sufficient to reach the 
cause of my disorder, and that while there was life there was hope, 
you came back, wishing to try the Drops further, telling my mo- 
ther I had a thick coat of putrid matter on my stomach, and un- 
less that could be removed, nothing could take any effect; you 
was so good as to stay and give me the Drops yourself, in very 
large portions indeed, which soon made me spit and hawk up full 
two quarts of the most nauseous putrid phlegm ever seen. Pleased 
to see them operate in this manner, being what you wanted, you 
said, that if I was able to bear the fatigue I must undergo ’till all 
that vicious matter was brought away, I should yet recover; you 
ordered me to continue taking them after the same rate three or 
four times a day, which I did for near a fortnight, always bringing 
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away, more or less, some of the same putrid matter. I have some- 
times taken a half-guinea bottle in the course of the day. Be- 
fore a fortnight elapsed I ate heartily, but if any body had offered 
me food of any kind before I began taking the Drops, I should 
have fainted away. I had still some remains of my cold chills, but 
as I gathered strength they left me, and in less than three weeks I 
was able, with the assistance of a person’s arm, to walk about 
Islington. I now diminished the dose, and, agreeable to your or- 
ders, continued for a month longer to take them in small quantities, 
and found them daily conducive to the recovery of my strength. 
When I returned home, my physician, who had given me over, 
was astonished to see me; is it possible for you (said he) to be 
alive? there never was a greater miracle in the world than your 
recovery! I will never again (for your sake) give any one over 'till 
I see them dead. — Thank God, I have ever since enjoyed a very 
good state of health. My father, mother, and husband, are sub- 
scribing witnesses to the truth of this relation. 
With every sense of gratitude I remain, Sir, 
Your very obedient humble servant,
JANE WHITE. 
New Compton-street, Soho, 
Jan. 10, 1783. 
ALEX. BARCLAY,
ELIZ. THIA. BARCLAY,
HUGH WHITE, jun.
Witnesses.
Bristol, Feb. 28, 1783. 
Dear SIR, 
ALTHOUGH it is now a considerable time since I wrote 
you, there is not perhaps a day passes but I think of you 
more than once, and always with the greatest esteem and venera- 
tion. Daily accounts of the universal success of your Drops as a 
Fever Medicine present me from all quarters, and make me con- 
clude all I can say further on that head to be unnecessary, other- 
wise I should have related a signal cure that was told me by a per- 
son of eminence as a Preacher to the Societies of the late Rev. Mr. 
Whitefield. That Gentleman* acquainted me, that his wife fall- 
ing into a dangerous relapse after the supposed cure of a fever, her 
case became very critical, being almost worn out under the fore- 
going process; he now tried your Fever Drops, by which a speedy 
K2 and
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and effectual cure was obtained; this added not a little to the re- 
putation of the medicine. - I might also mention another dangerous 
case of an ulcerated throat, brought on by a relapse, occasioned by 
the patient exposing herself in a cold shop, when she was in a 
sweat, &c. and in consequence her life was in imminent danger, 
on the ensuing morning, the passages of swallowing and respira- 
tion being both almost choked up. In this alarming situation re- 
lief was obtained by the Drops, and by doubling both the quan- 
tity and times of taking them, in a few days the patient was out of 
danger. - She was sister of Mr. Amos, in Union-street. 
Those within my knowledge, who have tried your Fever Drops 
under the Influenza that raged last spring, found thereby an easy 
and expeditious cure, except in one instance, among great num- 
bers. At the earnest desire of a friend, I went to see a man who 
lay very ill in the disorder; he had kept his bed several days, 
growing worse and worse, and was thought to be in great danger; 
we gave the Drops as directed in fresh colds, but made very flow 
advances in thy cure. This made me suspect that some ailment of 
a longer date than the present reigning distemper had seized the 
patient: On consulting his relations, they told me that, for a 
twelvemonth back, they had thought him to be father consump- 
tive; I found him hollow-eyed and emaciated, with a deep cough, 
and soreness in his breast, and other symptoms, that are said to in- 
dicate an inflammation of the lungs; but being got well enough 
to walk about the room, his friends, at my request, determined to 
follow the Drops as an alternative, in which the patient, heartily 
concurred; he accordingly took the Drops, morning and evening, 
in fresh cow’s milk, and daily grew better and better, and in a few 
months his health was perfectly restored. — This person’s name is 
Jenkins, a tailor, in Philadelphia-street. 
About the same time a very respectable Clergyman in the county 
of Cornwall (the Rev. Mr. Biddulph, of Padstow) was seized with 
a violent disorder in his bowels, which grew worse and worse, not- 
withstanding all the means that were tried to relieve him, and he 
grew so extremely bad, that he compared it to liquid fire passing 
thro’ his entrails, and was labouring under great agonies, when a 
friend of his, with whom I have the honour to be acquainted, 
being on a journey through the place, arrived at his (the Clergy- 
man’s) house, which he found indeed a house of mourning; for 
as no relief could be obtained by the best advice that could be had, 
nothing but death was expected, either by the patient or those 
about him. Our friend now recommended your Fever Drops 
with great confidence, and prevailed op the family to get the me- 
dicine and give it him; and soon after the first dose the scene began 
to be changed, and in an hour or two, by repeating the Drops, 
the patient was easy, and the most distressful apprehensions of a 
mortification quite removed, and in a few days use of the Drops, 
his health was quite restored. The before-mentioned Gentleman, 
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who was an eye-witness, brought me this account, which I have
also heard confirmed by an intimate neighbour of the patient.
A Gentleman of this city, (Mr. Bush, copper-smith and pew-
terer) who was thought by himself and all the neighbourhood to
be going into a decline, call to me as I passed, and asked my
opinion of the Drops in his case, viz. a hectic fever, with in-
flammatory symptoms; he was persuaded to make trial, and took
them as an alternative with great success, becoming gradually quite
free from his complaint, which was similar to that of the first
herein mentioned, only that this last being conversant in the flux-
ing of metals, might possibly have been hurt by the effluvia there-
of. It is now more than a year since this gentleman's health has
been quite recovered.
In consequence of the above, the friends of a much esteemed 
Lady in the county of Gloucester, (whose name I make no scruple 
to mention upon all occasions in private, but am not permitted to 
publish it in print) have been induced to recommend the same me- 
dicine, after the usual methods of recovering from such disorders 
have failed, such as change of air, &c. having returned rather 
worse than ever from the last experiment of that sort, and tried 
the best advice in London and elsewhere, without success. The 
case, however, of this Lady is now very different, for every sign 
of an approaching consumption (if not already begun) has gra- 
dually abated, since your Fever Drops have been administered, 
(which is now several months) and every sign of approaching 
health is gradually returned, the total recovery of which there 
seems no reason to doubt under this medicine, persisted in as an 
alterative. 
Let me add the case of an infant, (a child of Mrs. Blatchly’s, 
in High-street) reduced to great danger by the mismanagement of 
a nurse. The woman being apprehensive of losing the child at the 
time when it should be weaned, took it into her head to wean 
it privately herself; the child became ill, and the nurse persisted, 
’till it was a fortnight before the mother knew what had been 
done; and now the child had lost its appetite, refused the breast, 
and declined very fast. The mother having herself received great 
benefit from your Drops, in an ugly hectic fever, that had reduced 
her very much, and being satisfied of the innocence of your Drops, 
resolved to try them, which she did, almost despairing of success; 
and, she tells me, that the alteration for the better in two days 
time was very considerable; and in a week or ten days the child 
was amazingly recovered, and is now in good health. 
I cannot sufficiently recommend the Fever Drops in the most 
racking, bilious, or other disorders of the bowels; I say other dis- 
orders, for we have met with none but what are speedily cured by 
that medicine. I think the aforementioned examples may encou- 
rage the use of them in cases in a decline, or consumption, &c. 
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To give a detail of cures of dangerous Fevers, Putrid Sore 
Throats, &c, that have occurred since my last, were without end. 
The woman cured so long ago of a most dangerous Putrid Fever, 
(I mean her you saw at my house) has had several children since, 
and is now in very good health. My wife and family join me in 
most respectful compliments. From, Sir, 
Your sincere friend, 
And humble servant, 
ARTHUR SAWIER. 
To Dr. NORRIS, New Bridge-street, 
Black Friars, London. 
The Gentleman of Salisbury, whose Case is inserted page II, 
desired the following might be added thereto, as it very materially 
relates to the Virtues of this Medicine, but not coming to hand 
'till after that part of the Essay was printed off, it is inserted here, 
for the benefit of those who may be troubled with the like com- 
plaints, viz. 
“ He was generally twice a year afflicted with most alarm- 
“ ing disorders on his lungs, which he had been subject to for a 
“ long series of years, and which became more formidable as he 
“ advanced in life. 
“ It is now four years since he took these Drops, and thinks it 
“ his duty to acquaint the world, that the sharp acrimonious hu- 
" mour, which was the cause of the bleeding piles, he is very 
“ certain was also the cause of those frequent disorders on his lungs, 
“ as he has not, since he was cured of that complaint by this in- 
“ valuable medicine, felt any of those violent attacks in his breast 
“ and lungs, which he had so often experienced for forty years 
“ before.” 
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These Drops are sold at most of the principal Cities and Towns 
in England, particularly by Messrs. COLLINS and JOHNSON, 
in SALISBURY, appointed Wholesale and Retail Venders, 
and by their Newsmen; also at the following Places: 
Andover,
Mr. Baldwin 
Mr. Maud 
Mr. Annetts 
Mr. Painter
Bath, 
Mr. Cruttwell 
Mr. Hazard 
Bere Regis, Mr. Bellows 
Birmingham, Mess.Pearson and Co. 
Blandford,
Mr. Simmonds 
Mr. Sollers 
Mr. Montgomery 
Boston,
Mrs. Worlley  
Mr. Preston 
Bradford, Mr. Stuart 
Bridport, Mr. Ackerman 
Bristol,
Mr. Pine 
Mr. Mills 
Mr. Routh 
Mr. Cocking 
Mrs. Lewellin 
Mr. Bulgin 
Mr. Palmer 
Mr. Chew 
Mr. Norton 
Mrs. Thompson 
Mess. Sawier & Colmer 
Brigg, near Gainsborough,
Mr. Sturtevant 
Bromsgrove, Mr. Peart 
Buckingham, Mr. Seeley 
Bury St. Edm. Mrs. Rogers 
Calne, Mr. Lowe 
Cambridge,
Mr. Burgess 
Mr. Cooper 
Canterbury, Mess. Simmons & Co.
Cardiff, 
Mr. Legatt 
Mr. Willet 
Carron Wharf Falkirk, Mr. Keating 
Chatteris, Mr. Berridge 
Chelmsford, Mr. Frost 
Chichester, Mr. Jaques 
Chillard, near Winton, Mr. Whartor
Chippenham,
Mr. Angel 
Mr. Forty 
Mr. Colborne 
Christchurch, Mr. Tory 
Cireneester, Mr. Stevens 
Colford, Gloucestershire, Mr. Dew 
Congleton Cheshire, Mr. Dean 
Corsham, near Chippenham,
Mr. Boucher 
Mr. Heath 
Corfe-Castle, Mr. Ingram 
Coventry,
Mr. Bird 
Mr. Luckman 
Cowes, - Mr. Deacon 
Dartmouth, Mrs. Leigh 
Derby, Mr. Drewry 
Devizes,
Mrs. Maynard 
Mr. Broughton 
Mrs. Swayne 
Dorchester,
Mess. Gould & Thorne
Mr. Mackenzie
Downham, Mr. Chapman
Droxford, Mr. Rogers 
Exeter,
Mr. Thorn 
Mr. Mugg
Mr. Grigg
Mr. Parkes
Enstone, Mr. Prickett 
Farnham, Mr. Cooke 
Flett, near Holbeach, Mr. Decamps
Frome,
Mr. Daniel 
Mess. Hancock and Co. 
Gainsborough, Mr. Dickenson 
Gillingham, Mr. Phripp 
Glasgow, Mr. Angus M'Donald 
Gloucester,
Mess. Evans and Hazell
Mr. Pytt
Gosport,
Mr. Dawkins
Mr. Harding
Gravesend, Mrs. Outram
Harborough,  
Mrs. Ratten 
Mr. Harrod 
Hay, - Mr. Price 
Hereford, Mr. Wainwright 
Holbeach, Mr. Rawling 
Honiton, Mr. Lott 
Hull, - Mr. Brown 
Huntingdon, Mr. Jenkinson 
Kimpton, - Mr. Errington 
Kingswood, Mr. De Joncourt 
Leeds,
Mr. Binns 
Mess Wright and Son 
Lincoln, - Mr. Simmons 
Liverpoole, Mr. Crane 
Long Sutton, Mr. Gregg 
Louth,
Meff, Cuthbert & Drant
Mr. Marsh 
Mr. Sheardown 
Lymington, Mrs. Beeston 
Lynn,
Mr. Whittingham
Mr. Gales
Maidstone,
Mr. Mercer
Mrs. Walker
Malden,


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Malden, Mr. Carter 
Manchester,
Mr. Harrop 
Mr. Prescot
Marlborough, Mr. Harold
Mere, - Mrs. Pittman 
Newcastle, 
Mr. Slack
Mr. Saint
Newmarket, Mr. Foreman 
Newp. I. W.
Miss M. and A. Wise
Mr. Sturch 
Northampton, Mess. Dicey and Co. 
Norwich, Mess. Chase and Co. 
Nottingham, Mr. Burbage 
Oxford, - Mr. Herbert 
Parr, - Mr. Fox 
Peterborough, Mr. Jacobs 
Pewsey, - Mr. Winter 
Plymouth, Mess. Haydon and Son 
Plymouth Dock, Mr. Maurice 
Poole,
Mr. Braffett 
Mr. Rule 
Portsmouth, Mr. Breadhower 
Preston, - Mr. Binns 
Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, Mr. Evens
Reading, Mess. Carnan and Smart 
Ringwood, Mrs. Willis 
Rochester, Mr. Fisher 
Romsey, - Mrs. Whiting 
Salisbury, Mess. Collins & Johnson 
St. Ives, Mr. Allen 
St. Neots, - Mr. Savill 
Shaftesbury, 
Mr. Adams
Mr. England
Shepton Mallet, Mr. Carey 
Sherborne,
Mess Goadby and Co. 
Mr. Gander 
Shrewsbury, Mr. Wood 
Southampton,
Mr. Baker
Mess. Skelton and Mills 
Spalding, - Mr. Albin 
Stamford, Mr. Howgrave 
Stockton, - Mr. Christopher 
Stow, - Mr. Osmand 
Swanage, Mr. Cole 
Taunton,
Mr. Payne
Mr. Toulmin 
Tiverton, - Mr. Parkhouse 
Trowbridge,
Mr. Read
Mr. Turner 
Tunbridge Wells Mr. Sprange 
Warboys, - Mr. Wright 
Wareham, Mr. Dampier 
Warminster,
Mr. Davies 
Mess. Butt and Co. 
Mess. E. and J. Moffatt 
Westbury, - Mr. Phipps 
Weymouth, Mr. Delamotte 
Winborne, Mr. Tory 
Wincanton, Mess. Barrett and Co. 
Windsor, - Mr. Blakeney 
Winchester,
Mr. Sadler 
Mr. Bnrdon 
Mr. Earle 
Mr. Anderson 
Wisbech, - Mr. Nicholson 
Worcester, Mr. Tymbs 
Yarmouth, Mr. Chicheley 
York,
Mr. Frobisher 
Mr. Tessyman 
MASTERS


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MASTERS and CAPTAINS of SHIPS; 
ALSO, 
LADIES and GENTLEMEN going to the East 
or West-Indies, and to America, 
ARE earnestly and seriously desired to peruse the Cer- 
tificate, &c. of Mr. REYNOLDS, page 39, and the 
Letter from Capt. STOTT, page 40 and 41; also the Ex- 
tract of a Letter from ROBERT WILLIAMS, at Newbern, in 
North-Carolina, page 42; furnishing the most convincing 
proofs of the great efficacy of these Drops, in curing, with 
unequalled ease and safety, the Disorders endemial to south- 
ern Climates, particularly Putrid and Inflammatory Fevers, 
Bilious Disorders, and Fluxes; these, at once rapid in 
their attacks, and fatal in their consequences, certainly 
yield to this remedy; and if the Drops are resorted to in 
the early stage of the disorder, they will in a very few 
hours infallibly remove every dangerous symptom. These 
are known and established facts, and when it is considered 
that a sea voyage, and length of time, rather improve than 
diminish the sanative qualities of this Medicine, there 
certainly remains no further occasion to expatiate on its 
excellence as an inducement to those going abroad, to 
make it a principal article in their medicinal store. 
*** The same allowance will be made on taking a quan- 
tity for exportation as to the wholesale vender. 
FINIS.