A treatise on the mineral waters of Harrogate; containing the history of these waters, their chemical analysis, medicinal properties, and plain directions for their use.

  • Garnett, Thomas, 1766-1802.
Date:
1822
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the mineral waters of Harrogate; containing the history of these waters, their chemical analysis, medicinal properties, and plain directions for their use. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    undertake the analysis of them, which I hare attempted to perform with all possible care ; and, if I have come nearer the truth than any of my predecessors, I claim no other merit than that of having paid considerable attention to the subject, and having carefully repeated and varied my experiments, in almost every possible manner. Though Harrogate be possessed of a greater number and variety of mineral waters than any place in Britain, or perhaps in Europe, yet the discovery of them has been made at many different and distant times. The most ancient jninpral wator, ancl the only one known for a considerable time, is the Tewhet, or Tewit- Spaw, so named from the great number of lap- wings which formerly frequented that part of the forest: it was discovered in the year 1571, by Mr. William Slingsby, a branch of the ancient and respected family residing at Scri- ven-park, near Knaresbrough. This gentle- man had formerly visited the waters of Spa, in Germany, and, having accidentally seen this spring, perceived a strong resemblance be- tween it and the celebrated German chalybe- ates. He made several trials of it, and built