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Joanna Stephens

[[David Hartley (philosopher)|David Hartley]]’s review of Joanna Stephens’s Medicines Joanna Stephens or Mrs. Stephens (? – 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 British 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 biochemistry. Provided by Wikipedia
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