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111:(? – 6 August 1774) was a British inventor of a medicine for bladder stones. After proving its efficacy she was paid £5,000 for revealing the recipe by the UK parliament. Her remedy was used and analysed in England and in France. Investigations inspired by her work may have been a basis for development of modern
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and he arranged for the medicine to be prepared. Four patients were found who had suffered for at least a year and 28 doctors, scientists and politicians were asked to consider the results. All of the patients reported improvements and only two of the reviewers were unconvinced. ÂŁ5,000 was offered to
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reported that Jean
Hossard had simplified the recipe ""the remedy consists of a powder, an herbal tea, soapy balls and soapy pills". The ingredients consist mainly of charred whole snails (preferably prepared in the months of May, June and July), charred eggshells and Alicante soap, but also honey,
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It was proposed that a reward of ÂŁ5,000 (a very substantial sum for the time) be given to
Stephens so that she would make the recipe public to benefit as many people as possible. A private collection organised by the Gentleman's Magazine raised ÂŁ1,356 3s, but Stephens refused to accept this reduced
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Stephens is today accused of charlatanism, even of having committed the biggest fraud in
Parliament's history. However, some sources maintain that her remedy, although not meeting current scientific criteria, should nevertheless demonstrated some effectiveness. Moreover this discovery may have
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In France, Dr. Morand, having been involved in the tests, established that the remedy seemed to work particularly well on people aged 65 to 79, seemed ineffective on children and did not work on all kinds of stones. The French chemist
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Stephens was advised to petition the
British Parliament for the missing amount. Parliament agreed to pay the reward if the recipe was publicly published and tests made confirmed her claims. Stephens agreed to share the recipe with the
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The fame of Joanna
Stephens and her remedy extended to Germany and France where, called the "English remedy", it was also examined by the Royal Academy of Sciences. The cure was published at length in Germany in
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in 1738, which included an unsparing account of his own agonies. To make a proprietary medicine freely available to the public, Hartley convinced
Parliament to pay Stephens ÂŁ5,000 for her secret recipe.
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At the beginning of the 18th century, stones in the kidneys and bladder were treated with surgery, the stomach was opened at the level of the stone in order to remove it. Such an operation,
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Stephens (possibly born in 1710) was the granddaughter of a doctor who authored several publications on remedies and grew up in a wealthy family in
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Hartley thought
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It was widely used in France from 1740 until the Revolution of 1789.
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