October 17, 1719 - Lots of People Are Saying That This Special Water Cures All Kinds of Ills.
The best Water in the World, so call’d by many who have Experienc’d it to be so, for the Itch or any itching Humours; it hath been taken inwardly for the King’s Evil; it’s good to Cure sore Eyes, or any other Sores, Ulcers, or Fistula’s; it has preserv’d several from having their Limbs cut off, when all other means have fail’d. Sold by Mr. Goudge at the Castle in Westminster-Hall; Mr. Radford’s Toyshop, at the great Golden Spectacles against St. Clement’s Church-Yard near Arundel-Street in the Strand; Mrs. Garraway’s at the Royal Exchange Gate, Cornhill; Mr. Adam Raw’s at the North Entrance of the Royal Exchange, over against Bartholomew Lane; and by the Person that makes it, in St. Mary Ax, the first House on the left Hand, over-against the Church Door, two round Posts at the Door, and a Hatch with Iron Spikes; where you may have a Sear Cloth, that takes away all Aches and Pains in the Body, or any Part whatever. Price 1s. 6d. each Bottle, with printed Directions for the Use. Note, It has no Smell.
Original Weekly Journal (October 17, 1719)