The history and chemical analysis of the mineral water lately discovered in the City of Gloucester; the various diseases to which it is applicable considered; and the necessary regulations for drinking it with success ascertained and prescribed / [John Hemming].

  • Hemming, John, -1809
Date:
1789
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Credit: The history and chemical analysis of the mineral water lately discovered in the City of Gloucester; the various diseases to which it is applicable considered; and the necessary regulations for drinking it with success ascertained and prescribed / [John Hemming]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( ^7 ) Valery as a chalybeate, may be ferviceable in this difeafe, by the power it poffeffes befides, as a general ftimillus, by which it may pervade the lymphatic fyftem, difhurden obftru&ed glands in remote parts, encreafe a fecretion from the in- teftinal glands, and thereby difcufs glandular tu¬ mours in all parts of the fyftem. There is like- wife reafon to believe, that the external applica¬ tion of this water, when tepid, may be of fervice in the healing of fcrophulous ulcers. Since the ingenious treatife upon fcurvy and putrid fevers, published a few years fmce by Dr- Millman, wherein he has ufed fuch ftrong ar¬ guments to overthrow the opinion, that thefe difeafes depend upon any natural tendency of the fluids to putrefaction, and to prove that their caiifes arife from a deficiency in the moving pow¬ ers ; I have little doubt of the efficacy of chaly- beates, not only towards curing, but alfo towards preventing fuch inveterate difeafes, formerly too prevailing where a conftderable number of peo¬ ple were confined together. Having mentioned all the effe&s of iron as a chalybeate, the next thing that falls under my confideration is fixed air; the effects of which, when introduced into the conftitution by means