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At the start of the Revolution, the Colonies were cut off from the source of their usual drug supply, England. A few drugs trickled through from the West Indies, but by 1776 there was an acute shortage. Lack of coordination and transportation resulted in a scarcity of drugs for the army hospitals even while druggists in other areas resorted to advertising in order to sell their stocks. Some relief came from British prize ships captured by the American navy and privateers, but the chaotic condition of drug supply was not eased until the alliance with France early in 1778 | Drug Supplies in the American Revolution by 1 Drug Supplies in the American Revolution by George B. Griffenhagen This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Drug Supplies in the American Revolution Author George B. Griffenhagen Release Date October 28 2008 EBook 27076 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DRUG SUPPLIES Produced by Stacy Brown Colin Bell Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http George B. Griffenhagen DRUG SUPPLIES in the AMERICAN REVOLUTION Paper 16 pages 109-133 from 2 Drug Supplies in the American Revolution by CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY United States National Museum BULLETIN 225 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON . 1961 Contributions from The Museum of History and Technology Paper 16 Drug Supplies in the American Revolution George B. Griffenhagen CONTINENTAL MEDICINE CHESTS 111 TREASON POISON AND SIEGE 113 FROM BAD TO WORSE 115 MEDICINES--NONE 118 PRIVATEERS TO THE RESCUE 121 BRISK BUSINESS IN BOSTON 122 THE SITUATION IMPROVES 122 VALLEY FORGE 123 IN SUMMARY 129 DRUG SUPPLIES IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by George B. Griffenhagen At the start of the Revolution the Colonies were cut off from the source of their usual drug supply England. A few drugs trickled through from the West Indies but by 1776 there was an acute shortage. Lack of coordination and transportation resulted in a scarcity of drugs for the army hospitals even while druggists in other areas resorted to advertising in order to sell their stocks. Some relief came from British prize ships captured by the American navy and privateers but the chaotic condition of drug supply was not eased until the alliance with France early in 1778. The Author George .