An analysis of the mineral waters of Saratoga and Ballston : with practical remarks on their medical properties; together with a history of the discovery and settlement of these celebrated watering places, and observations on the geology and mineralogy of the surrounding country / by John H. Steel.

  • Steel, John H. (John Honeywood), 1780-1838.
Date:
1838
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Credit: An analysis of the mineral waters of Saratoga and Ballston : with practical remarks on their medical properties; together with a history of the discovery and settlement of these celebrated watering places, and observations on the geology and mineralogy of the surrounding country / by John H. Steel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    well as beneficial to persons desirous of availing themselves of the use of these waters for medicinal purposes. The great experience of Doct. S. connected with his scientific attainments and a long residence at the Springs, gave him an opportunity possessed by no other person of being thoroughly acquainted with the properties and effects of these fountains, and of being eminently fitted to give di- rections for their use. To him more than to any one else are the public indebted for bringing them so effectually into no- tice; he spared no expense or labour, during his residence of twenty-five years in this place, in becoming familiar with their properties and with the various diseases for which they had proved remedial; and there are thousands now enjoying the blessings of health, who might have been laboring under protracted illness, or have become the ten- ants of the grave, but for his prescriptions and the use of these waters. The written admonitions and directions of such a man are therefore invaluable, and will commend this work to the confidence of the public. THE PUBLISHER. Saratoga Springs, July, 1838.