A treatise on the chemical history and medical powers of some of the most celebrated mineral waters : with practical remarks on the aqueous regimen. To which are added, observations on the use of cold and warm bathing / by William Saunders.

  • Saunders, William, 1743-1817.
Date:
1805
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Credit: A treatise on the chemical history and medical powers of some of the most celebrated mineral waters : with practical remarks on the aqueous regimen. To which are added, observations on the use of cold and warm bathing / by William Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    to this opinion, depend on the proportion of each ingredient. ^' The mod lalubrious waters are thole which contain moft of the etherial particles, and are lighter than the others. They alio heat and cool the fooneft (heat being only the fridiion of the highly mobile etherial parts upon each other), and hence' the beft waters, when (haken, fhew nume- rous bubbles, like pearls, on the fides of the glafs, and yield much etherial fpirit under the air puinp. When more highly etherial, they become acidulous, as the Seltzer and Pyrmont waters, and can with difficulty be reflrained in bottles^ and therefore are much more falubrious when drank at the fountain head, fience thefe waters do not cool the body like common water, but increafe the appetite, and quicken the circulation. This ether is the univerfal fpirit, the foul2j$, it were of minerals. From the abundance of the aqueous parts, the integrity of the body is preferved, the vital juices attenuated, the ex- treme velTels cleanfed, and the morbid faline parts carried off by the excretories. This 'notation (fekaed from various paffages in tis celebrated German writer) will give the