To all people to whom these presents shall come, Greeting
Subtitle: Whereas I, Elisha Perkins, of Plainfield, in the state of Connecticut, have ... obtained a patent in the form following ... A new and expeditious method of removing pains and inflammations from the human body by the application of metallic substances. ...
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 47880
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1796
Place of publication: Philadelphia?
Language: eng
Subjects: Patents; Patent medicines; Medical instruments and apparatus
Notes: Blank form for granting license to practice Perkin's method, containing a copy of the letters patent, dated at Philadelphia, February 19, 1796, and a description of the method.

Two states noted; one has letters patent signed G. Washington, the other with slight typographical variations in the attestation, is signed Go. Washington.

At head of title: (No. [blank]).

Bristol B9657

Shipton & Mooney 47880

Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1498