A full and distinct account of the mineral waters of Pyrmont, and Spa ... / Collected from the best authors, and improved by Dr. Turner.

  • Turner, George, M.D.
Date:
1734
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Credit: A full and distinct account of the mineral waters of Pyrmont, and Spa ... / Collected from the best authors, and improved by Dr. Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and experience lid fairefl to underftand this fubjeff, and to extra ft from their writings what would be mofi ufeful to the Englifh reader, either unacquainted with their language, or not having opportunities to perufe them ; and tho3 the waters of Pyrrnont are efteemed among the left, if not the rich eft of any cold Chali- beat waters in Europe, and the cures performed by them are as great and remarkable as of any wa¬ ters whatfoever, yet they are not fo generally known amongft us as is to be wijtid, there being no perfect ac¬ count of them publifhed in our Language, wherefore I had them chiefly in my view, and have made choice of that full and learned defcription of them given by the ingenious Dr. SElffivs^firfl phyfician and conn- fellor to the prince of Waldeck, a gentleman of great learning, long experience, and fine tafte, who has conflantly refided and praflifed at thefe wells above twenty years, and with great induflry and pains has acquired fo thorough a knowledge of this fubjecl, that he feems to have left little to the further enquiry of others, and is fo courteous and obliging to ft rangers, that he readily communicates his knowledge to fuch as are capable of profiting thereby. As the learned au¬ thor differs in many circumftances from others who have wrote on the fame fubjeft, 1 believe the curious will not think their labour loft in obferving what he has faid. I have extracted from his Book what l thought neceffary both with refpeci to the natural hi/to- ry of the valley of Pyrmont, 'where the wells are, and alfo the chymical analyjis of the waters themfelves, in which he is very curious and full, and his method and rules to be obferved both in drinking and bathing are fo very reafonable, that I have omitted nothing material that may be ufeful to the patient. In his book, which is writ in the German language,. things are handled at a great length, and there are feveral learned and curious digreffions, which 1 have omitted, propofmg