Document signed. N. p. o. d. Folio. 1 p.
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List of sixteen "medicaments" such as rhubarb, tamarind, gum arabic, manna, vitriolic acid, Spanish Fly etc. and their quantities "judged necessary for the treatment of the disease that has stricken our brothers-in-arms from the district of Sauveterre". The document was issued by the revolutionary "Commission de Santé" and signed by five of its members, including the chemist and physician Claude-Louis Berthollet (1748-1822) and the surgeon Antoine Dubois (1756-1837). Formed by nine to twelve medical officers, the commission was created by the "loi du 3 ventôse an II" (22 February 1794) as part of the ministry of war.