A dissertation on the properties and efficacy of the Lisbon diet-drink, [electronic resource] : in the cure of the venereal disease and scurvy: in which, its comparative excellence with mercury and guaiacum is considered, And the Particular cases are pointed out, where it claims the Preference to Both. Together with reflections on the Improper Use of mercury; and the Manner of its Action on the solids and fluids. To which is annex'd, an appendix; With a Succinet Account of such remarkable Venereal and Scorbutic cases, as have been successfully treated by a Course of the Lisbon Diet-Drink. By J. Leake, Surgeon.