A medical and experimental inquiry, into the origin, symptoms, and cure of constitutional diseases. Particularly scrophula, consumption, cancer, and gout / by William Lambe.

Lambe, William, 1765-1847.

Date:: 1805

Credit: A medical and experimental inquiry, into the origin, symptoms, and cure of constitutional diseases. Particularly scrophula, consumption, cancer, and gout / by William Lambe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$generated, as I believe, by a faturnine impregnation of the water the was daily uting, her health continued obvioufly vvorfe at her own houfe than at other places. In London, during the fpring 1802, the was abfolutely without complaint, except the reigning influenza : but, on her return to her ufual refidence, the began to fufler heat of the ftomach and heartburn, Tick head ach, and an apthous mouth. The \vater ufed by her had the fame acerbity and aftringency as that lafl mentioned*. Another occurrence afforded a more Striking inftance of the activity of com- mon water on the fyftem. A young lady. • Waters which have an evident ftypticity, of which ..here are many, have been called aluminous waters; but they have never been proved to contain anv aluminous frit, and as almoft all hard waters hold in folution aerated hme, it feems impoflible that they fliould contain alum, which the lime would decompofe. The aftringency ot theie waters is from fome other matter, and I fufpeft that all our common waters would feem aftringent to thofc wno coniine themielves to ufing diftilled water. At leaft, 1 know this to be true in one inftance,$