Callirhoe; commonly called the Well of Spa, or the Nymph of Aberdene. ... What diseases may be cured by drinking of the Well of Spa at Aberdene, and wht is the true use thereof. As it was printed by Andro Hart, Anno Dom. 1615. And now reprinted at Aberdene by John Forbes Younger ... MDCLXX / Resuscitat by William Barclay.

  • Younger John Forbes.
Date:
1799
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Credit: Callirhoe; commonly called the Well of Spa, or the Nymph of Aberdene. ... What diseases may be cured by drinking of the Well of Spa at Aberdene, and wht is the true use thereof. As it was printed by Andro Hart, Anno Dom. 1615. And now reprinted at Aberdene by John Forbes Younger ... MDCLXX / Resuscitat by William Barclay. 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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    VERSES For the prefent Edition of Dr. Barclay’^ exceF lent Treatife on the Virtues Well of Spa^, or Nymph of Aberdeen. 1799* I ^ RUE,—Failiion, Whim, or Folly, or all three> X Or (what includes them all) dear Novelty, ■Has for a while withdrawn thy beauteous Train j ■\ et gladly fhall they foon return again ;— TThe bleffing, Health, w'hoever truly lacks, ill foon perceive the fallacy of ^acks. .'Not but I grant the Fir-hill Well is rich I?n Sulphur—which may ferve to cure the Itch; iBut has it thofe reftoring, bracing powers, ■Which Barclay amply proves are found in ours ? :Ct m_ay^ but if it has, they’re Hill to find; ■While Spa’s great Cures—are known to half mankind., iSoth let th’ Afflidled try—each Nymph carefs : ^Lat warh bear witnefs.”—And to bothy fuccefs ! A WATER-DRINKER..