[Letter] 1816 Nov. 17, N. York [to] Wm. W. Woolsey / E. Whitney.

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[Letter] 1816 Nov. 17, N. York [to] Wm. W. Woolsey / E. Whitney.

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Whitney writes suggesting to Woolsey that Col. Scarborough try a remedy for lung ailments, namely, to sleep on a pillow full of shavings from the Georgia yellow pine. Whitney deems it "a very simple & a very delicate mode of applying effluvia of a resinous substance to the lungs." He provides details on how to prepare the pillow.

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Woolsey, William Walton, 1766-1839

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Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825

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American inventor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War., 1824 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872501 Eli Whitney (1765-1825), American inventor and gun manufacturer, received his patent for the first cotton gin in 1794. From the description of Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580711 Whitney, American inventor, especially known for ...