On the Ufe of Oil of Tobacco hi the Cure of Cancers ; in a letter 

 from Rev. ZEPHANIAH WILLIS, of King fl on, to Rev, JO 



SEPH WILLARD, D,D, L.L.D. F.A.J. 



Kingflon, January i^ih, 1786. 



REV. SIR, 



jf\.S every difcovery tending to the cure of cancers may- 

 be of importance, efpecially to thofe who have the misfortune 

 to be vilited with this dreadful difeafe, the following cure may 

 poflibly be deemed worthy of notice. 



Jonathan Holmes, of this town, is aged 77, defcended from 

 a family which has been remarkably fubjed to cancers. 

 About35 years fince, an eruption appeared near the outer cor- 

 ner of his left eye, which continued to increafe till it appeared 

 to be a confirmed cancer. He made application to a French 

 furgeon then in the country, who profefTed Ikill in fuch cafes, 

 and had it taken out ; and after fubmitting to a long and fevere 

 courfe of phyfic, appeared to have obtained a perfedl cure. 



About five years fuice, a fmiilar eruption appeared under 

 his rip-ht eye ; it continued to increafe flowly, attended with 

 the ufual fymptoms of a cancer, for about four years. Durmg 

 this period, he applied to a furgeon to have it extraded ; but 

 being near the eye, he refufed to operate, lefl it flioukl deftroy 

 lis eye and haften his diffolution. After this, it increafed 

 rery fall, difcharging a virulent humour, and having confid 



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