>From the DAR Magazine, April, 1964 , perhaps I found the " Dr. Dover who invented some drug that is still used today" according to the family legends. The article- "The Buccaneer Physicians" is too long to transpose and also deals with other men. According to the article which incidentally lists sources for more checking, it seems that during the time of the England/France/Spain struggle over the Colonies, that looting of one another's ships was common, respectable and often sanctioned by the "Crown." Making ones fortune with such approval was very acceptable. Out of this tumultuous time, a revolution in medicine was coming about in England. It wa the pirate-surgeons who greatly influenced the changes. Dover was one of these who became interested in the herbs and remedies used by the natives to cure illness. One of the drugs, IPECAC, was introduced into Europe around 1708 by Thomas Dover. He had practiced medicine in Bristol, England when he decided to go into pirating. He sailed in joint-command with Woodes Rogers in the Duke and Duchess, two ships that were financed by the merchants of Bristol. During one of their voyages they rescued Alexander Selkirk from an island off Chile. Alexander Selkirk became known in literature as "Robinson Crusue!" The article tells of other places and adventures. The conclusion is that Dr. Dover returned to England with an estimated booty of a million pounds sterling. [about $2million today, so imagine then!!!] At that point he gave up "piracy" and put out his remedy, "Dover's Powders," containing Ipecac and opium as the active ingredients. [From the Bulletin, University of Miami School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Vol. 17, April-June, 1963.PP.49-52.] Other pirate physicians finish out the article...........gaelcee