On mineral waters : their physical & medicinal properties : with descriptions of the different mineral waters of Great Britain and the Continent, and directions for their administration / by Robert Mortimer Glover.

  • Robert Mortimer Glover
Date:
1857
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Credit: On mineral waters : their physical & medicinal properties : with descriptions of the different mineral waters of Great Britain and the Continent, and directions for their administration / by Robert Mortimer Glover. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The writer was desirous of saying more with regard to climate than he has done; hut really accurate information concerning the climate of watering-places is sadly deficient. In a few instances valuable facts might be stated. Thus, for instance, with regard to the climate of Pau, in close proximity to some of the principal French watering-places, we are told by Dr. Taylor that the atmosphere of Pau is remarkably still; that there is an absence of free communi- cable humidity, and of great transitions from heat to cold. Such conditions enable the invalid, without risk of sudden chills or the disturbance of the functions of any organ, to enjoy out-door exercise throughout the winter, and account for the remarkable immunity from disease, and the longevity of the inhabitants of Pau. “ The inhabitants show a slower circulation, and are more phlegmatic than their countrymen generally; and visitors equally, after a time, exhibit a permanent reduction of their pulse, and a modification of temperament; wherever, therefore, there is nervous and arterial action, the climate may be recommended.” Now this is a very valuable statement. The waters near Pau are some of them especially recommended in consumption, so that the patient may pass the winter at Pau, the summer amid the mountain springs. It is very seldom that so clear and definite a statement is to be got. In giving the analyses of waters, the English are generally given in full; with regard to many of the Continental waters, the author has given the principal ingredients, and not every minute constituent. The explanations with regard to many of the English spas must have prepared the reader a good deal to judge for himself as to how far the constituents of a water account for its properties. Litres are reduced to pints, and grammes in general to grains; Centigrade degrees are
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