402 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



Art. XVir. 



Account of the Lisbon Diet Drink in Venerei' 

 alCafes^by Dr Donald Monro, Phy- 

 fician to St George's Ho/pit al^ London** 



nPHE phyficians at Lifbon, in Portugal, 

 are generally believed to be pofTelTed 

 of the fecret of preparing a particular 

 diet-drink, or deeodlion, which is more 

 efficacious in removing thefe venereal 

 complaints that frequently remain after 

 falivations, and the free ufe of mercury^ 

 than any other hitherto knov\^n ; which 

 has made many in this country delirous 

 of knowing its compofition ; and, there- 

 fore, I have fent you a receipt of one kind 



of 



* Read January 1 76S4- 



