The mineral springs of England, and their curative efficacy : with remarks on bathing, and on artificial mineral waters / Edwin Lee.

Date:
1841
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Credit: The mineral springs of England, and their curative efficacy : with remarks on bathing, and on artificial mineral waters / Edwin Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    the simple application of water has of late years been revived in some of the London Hospitals, and is found preferable to other more compli- cated applications. The people in the neigh- bourhood of Malvern have long been in the habit of using the water as a lotion for inflamed eyes. Saunders also says, that the common people who resorted to the springs for cutaneous complaints, were in the constant habit of dipping their linen in the water, and putting it on quite wet; renewing the application as soon as the linen became dry. A residence at Malvern and the use of its springs were likewise recommended by Dr. Johnstone of Worcester in scrofulous and nephritic complaints, and some cutaneous erup- tions : he also observed that the purity of the water and the air, and temperate nature of the climate, rendered it a favourable locality for consumptive persons, and those labouring under nervous disorders. The cool springs of Matlock are of very analogous nature with those of Malvern: their temperature is 66° or 68° F., and they can scarcely be said to dififer from common spring water. The village is situate in the most romantic part of Derbyshire on the acclivity of a hill at the