A chemical and medical report of the properties of the mineral waters of Buxton, Matlock, Tunbridge Wells, Harrogate, Bath, Cheltenham, Leamington, Malvern, and the Isle of Wight / by Charles Scudamore.

Scudamore, Charles, 1779-1849.

Date:: 1820

Credit: A chemical and medical report of the properties of the mineral waters of Buxton, Matlock, Tunbridge Wells, Harrogate, Bath, Cheltenham, Leamington, Malvern, and the Isle of Wight / by Charles Scudamore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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$have been occasioned, or at least widened, by subterraneous waters. In the immediate neigh- bourhood of Buxton, Pool's Hole is the chief; but, a few miles distant, the Peak Cavern, and the Speedwell Mine, are of greater magnitude, and are particularly entitled to admiration. Dr. Short, in bis History of {Mineral \\ aters, remarks, that Buxton has long been celebrated for its warm springs, and that they appear to have enjoyed considerable reputation in the cure of various diseases, for a longer period without interrup- tion, than almost any mineral water in the king- dom. As early as the year 1572, a Treatise «n> written on the virtues of this spring, bv a Dr. Jones, of Derby ; and it appears at that time to have been a place of great resort from all the neighbouring counties. Several remains of Hu- man antiquity have alsu been discuvered at, or near, this spot ; which makes it probable that this fountain \\;is not unknown to that people. The water, of which I am about to give the < heinical and medical deseriptiun, rises very freeb by numerous fissures through the limestone, as may be distinctly seen in the large public bath w hen it has been nearly emptied. The well of St. Anne, appropriated for drinking, was main years agu removed, for the sake of cunvenience, several yards from its former situation. The water is conducted from thetprinff head through$