A short description of Pyrmont : with observations on the use of its waters / abridged from the German 'Description of Pyrmont of Dr. Marcard' ; revised by the author.

  • Marcard, Heinrich Matthias, 1747-1817.
Date:
1788
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Credit: A short description of Pyrmont : with observations on the use of its waters / abridged from the German 'Description of Pyrmont of Dr. Marcard' ; revised by the author. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Pyrmont water is likewise externally ufed cold, and will certainly produce the lame eftedt any other cold bath can have perhaps it does Hill fomewhat more in the flrength- ening way. It is true, it feems the body re¬ mains too fliort a while in the cold water to draw any advantage from the minerals in it; yet after a cold bathe of the Pyrmont water, taken frelh from the well, the Hein is always much more rough than after bathing in the river, or in common fpring water. The la¬ dies obferve this effedfc very flrongly, when, by miftake, they walh their hands in this mineral water. It is hardly neceffary to mention, that every convenience for the different external ufes of this water is to be found at Pyrmont; fuch as fleam-baths, pump-baths, and douche; a fhower-bath, and a large bath for plunging, is to be eredled. ROADS