A dissertation on the contents, virtues and uses, of cold and hot mineral springs; particularly, those of Scarborough: in a letter to Robert Robinson. Esq., recorder of that corporation / [Peter Shaw].

  • Shaw, Peter, 1694-1763
Date:
1735
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Credit: A dissertation on the contents, virtues and uses, of cold and hot mineral springs; particularly, those of Scarborough: in a letter to Robert Robinson. Esq., recorder of that corporation / [Peter Shaw]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ >5 ] The Scarborough SPAW» A L L Purging, or Diuretick, Chalybeate XX Springs, have the Four Principles above,* demonftrated to Senfe : And as a Priority of Excellence is by mo ft People given to this or that, as the Mineral abounds, Scarborough may, on that Score, claim a firft Place. There are Two Springs in the Neighbour¬ hood, one more purgative, the other, neareft the Town, more Chalybeate, and both of a brisk irony Smell and Tafte. Befides thefe, there are numerous Ebullitions up and down the adjoining Sands, that ftrike Purple, as well as the capital Springs, and argues every where about the contiguous Grounds, Plenty of thofe Strata of Pyrites, Iron, Stone, Ochre, or miner a ferric through which the Waters pafs, and find a never-failing Source of Impregnation. That commonly ufed, being at the Bottom of a high Cliff, feels fome Security againft that fudden weakening and Alteration many other Springs are fubjeft to in wet Seafons. Add to this. That the Situation is a fhort and eafy Exercife from the Town, on a fine Sand, open to that grand azure Expanfe, the Ocean ; where Ships (the Glory and Support of a Trading Ifland,) are continually delight¬ ing the Eye, and with the fame Wind palling adverfc. In tam