A methodical synopsis of mineral waters, comprehending the most celebrated medicinal waters, both cold and hot, of Great-Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy, and several other parts of the world. Wherein Their several impregnating Minerals being previously described, and their Characteristics investigated, each Water is reduced to its proper Genus; and, beside the particular Analysis, the Virtues, Uses, and Abuses of the Water are described, in a Method Entirely New. Interspersed with Tables, Tending to throw a Light upon this indicate Subject; and Abstracts of the principal Authors who have treated of Mineral Waters; and the Accounts, dispersed in the Acts of most of the learned Societies in Europe, are collected and properly digested. By John Rutty, M.D.

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MDCCLVII. [1757]