A letter to Dr. Lyon Playfair : being a medical commentary on the results of the recent analysis of the Buxton tepid water : to which are prefixed a statement of the improvements now in progress at Buxton, and Dr. Playfair's analytical report / by William Henry Robertson.

  • Robertson, William Henry, 1810-1897.
Date:
1852
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Credit: A letter to Dr. Lyon Playfair : being a medical commentary on the results of the recent analysis of the Buxton tepid water : to which are prefixed a statement of the improvements now in progress at Buxton, and Dr. Playfair's analytical report / by William Henry Robertson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    natural temperature, has already replaced the older, and more limited, and less efficient structure and amount of accommodation. Covered with a roof of glass, an elegant, spacious, and commodious building contains no fewer than five large swimming baths, of the water at -the natural temperature ; and ranges of private baths with douches, and of douche closets, for the use of the douche without the use of the bath, will, it is hoped, supply all the requirements of the various invalids resorting to Buxton. In connection with these improvements, and the needful excavations for the foundations and levels of the baths, a considerable additional supply of the natural water has been obtained : a supply which serves to fill completely a pipe of nine inches in bore, from a source which did not quite fill a pipe of six inches in bore previously; and the flow is ascertained to be increased from 83j gallons per minute to the considerable quantity of 120 gallons per minute, and at the genial temperature of 82 degrees. In addition to these accommodations for the wants of those who seek relief at Buxton for then* several ailments, it should be stated, that the already extensive public walks have been much added to and embellished; and that upwards of one hundred acres of ground, close to the town, have been thoroughly drained for building purposes, laid out and planted after designs by Sir Joseph Paxton, and roads and walks being carried throughout, and sites marked for the erection of villas (many of which have been already secured); all which must add to the attractions, resources, and accommodations of the place. Buxton, Awjust, 1852.