Hampstead-Wells: or, directions for the drinking of those waters ... With an appendix, relating to the original of springs in general; with some experiments of the Hampstead Waters, and histories of cures / [John Soame].

  • Soame, John.
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[1734]
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Credit: Hampstead-Wells: or, directions for the drinking of those waters ... With an appendix, relating to the original of springs in general; with some experiments of the Hampstead Waters, and histories of cures / [John Soame]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SEVERAL EXPERIMENTS Made on the Ham pste ad-Waters; By the AUTHOR, and OTHERS. Sept. io, 1733. Put one Grain of frelh powdered Galls into one Pint of the Rampftead Spaw% which, in the Second of a Minutef gave it a fine Purple Colour ; and in about 5 Minutes time, the Purple turned to a fine Crimfon; and fo continued for 4 or S Days with little or no Alteration. On the fame day, I put l Grain of frefh pow¬ der’d Galls to 8 Ounces of the Hampftead Spaw9 immediately drawn from the Well; which an- fwered the fame as the former, only the Change into the Crimfon was made fooner, and lafted longer fo without any Alteration^ being about 8 Days that I kept it by me* 1