An essay on the chemical and medicinal qualities of the water of Candren Well, in Renfrewshire: with introductory observations on waters in general / [Robert Lyall].

  • Lyall, Robert, 1790-1831
Date:
1814
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Credit: An essay on the chemical and medicinal qualities of the water of Candren Well, in Renfrewshire: with introductory observations on waters in general / [Robert Lyall]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Those of a very delicate constitution, or who are much debilitated by disease, should not go out of doors before breakfast, except in very warm weather. Light nutritious diet will, in most cases, be requisite; but the regulation of this must depend on the age, the constitution, the ha¬ bits, and disease of the individual. It may be stated as a general rule, that invalids should wear a quantity of clothes, that neither oppress them, nor allow them to feel chilly or cold. APPENDIX. Seedhill Well Water, Paisley, \ IT is transparent, when newly drawn, but very soon acquires a blueish milky appearance. It exhales strongly the odour of sulphuretted hydrogen gas, or of rotten eggs, but soon loses it.—Its taste is sulphure¬ ous.—It slightly curdles solution of soap in water, but soap in alcohol merely causes blue cloudiness, so that it is rather a soft water.—Lime water, and tine-