Excursions to the principal mineral waters of England, in pursuit of health and information / by James Johnson.

  • Johnson, James, 1777-1845.
Date:
1843
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Credit: Excursions to the principal mineral waters of England, in pursuit of health and information / by James Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    PREFACE. Medical Men are now so frequently consulted respecting Mineral Waters, that they are obliged to direct more of their attention to that subject than formerly. For several years past the Author of this small volume combined the advantage of tra- velling in pursuit of health, with that of acquiring information in regard to various mineral waters, abroad and at home. The information thus acquired on the spot, for his own personal use, has been here freely communicated, in a very succinct and con- densed state to others, for their own benefit. The nature of the work neither required nor lays claim to genius, erudition, talent, or even originality. Attention, discrimination, and concentration are all that have been aimed at, and the result may perhaps prove more useful to the public than larger Tomes with loftier preten- sions. The Bibliopolists and Book-makers of the present day will be not a little astonished to find that I have been only able to collect materials for one small volume from such a wide field. But they may see that, whereas it is their object to mix a bushel of chaff with every handful of grain, it has been mine to extract the handful of grain from the bushel of chaff. This makes all the difference. Suffolk Place, Pall Mall, 1843.